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Joint Appropriations approves about $1 million supplemental for Family Services protective and juvenile programs
Summary
The committee approved the governor’s supplemental recommendation for Protective Services and Juvenile Justice in the Department of Family Services, including two figures discussed in testimony: $504,996 and $487,640 (about $1 million added to the department budget).
The Joint Appropriations Committee approved the governor’s supplemental recommendation for agency 049, Unit 5904 (Protective Services and Juvenile Justice), after Department of Family Services and budget staff described the need for emergency and transitional services.
Kevin Hibbert, director of the State Budget Department, said the supplemental addresses an emerging population in need of adult protective services: emergency housing, temporary emergency services, guardianship and legal fees for court actions. Hibbert said staff identified the need in mid‑year and that existing funding in the department was insufficient to serve the increased demand.
Committee members asked for detail on how much current funding exists and how many individuals are served. Committee staff and Department witnesses said they would follow up with definitive counts; in the hearing Representative Sherwood pointed committee members to the narrative in the book for additional figures. Representative Harrelson and Representative Pendergraft supported moving the governor’s recommendation.
Committee paperwork shows two specific line numbers raised in discussion, $504,996 and $487,640, which the co‑chair summarized as about $1 million in addition to a previously appropriated base of $14,322,787 for Protective Services and Juvenile Justice in the 2024 budget bill. The committee approved the governor’s recommendation on a roll call vote, 12 ayes.
