Committee delays recommendation on governor—s budget after nonprofits press for domestic-violence and child-victim funding

The Committee on General Government Budget voted to delay its recommendation on the Office of the Governor budget until 9 a.m. tomorrow after several nonprofit conferees urged increased state funding for domestic-violence intervention, child advocacy centers and Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA).

Legislative Research Department analyst Dylan Deer told the committee that the agency—s FY2025 request totals about $67.2 million, roughly $3.8 million (6 percent) above the approved budget, and that there were no differences between the agency request and HB 2007. "There is no yellow sheet with this budget because there are no differences between the agency request and the, HB 2007," Deer said. He explained a $1.9 million State General Fund reappropriation and itemized timing-related carryovers: roughly $1.1 million for domestic-violence prevention grants, $337,000 for child advocacy center grants, $109,000 for CASA grants and about $367,000 for governor—s office operations.

Deer and agency witnesses also described federal grant timing and a federal funding spike in FY2021 tied…