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Officials explain statewide cost‑allocation plan; committee told program recoups roughly $70–80 million

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JFAC staff presented how the Statewide Cost Allocation Plan (SWICAP) allocates central service costs to agencies and fund sources, the two‑year lag in recoveries and recent program totals and agency‑level estimates.

Jared Tetrault, budget analyst for Legislative Services, gave the Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee a high‑level explanation on Jan. 7 of the Statewide Cost Allocation Plan (SWICAP) and how it appears in agency budgets.

Tetrault said SWICAP is the statewide plan, prepared by the Division of Financial Management and reviewed by the federal cognizant agency (for Idaho, Health and Human Services), that allocates central‑service costs to eligible state entities and fund sources. The allocation recovers costs for three central service agencies—the Office of the Attorney General, the Office of the State Controller and the Office of the State Treasurer—and also funds a set of direct‑billing services such as risk management (insurance), building services (capital mall), Legislative Services Office audits and Information and Technology Services (ITS).

“The concept is: we’re going to share costs…

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