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JFAC approves $14.13 million supplemental for foster care shortfall and funds FY2026 child-welfare staffing increase
Summary
Committee approved a $14.13 million FY2025 supplemental to cover foster care trustee and benefit shortages and approved a FY2026 package adding 63 FTEs intended to reduce reliance on congregate care.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee voted March 14 to approve a $14,126,900 supplemental for the Department of Health and Welfare's Division of Youth Safety and Permanency to cover a foster-care trustee and benefit payment shortfall in FY2025, and approved a FY2026 enhancement package that the department said is designed to increase prevention and in-state placements.
Alex Williamson, budget and policy analyst for Legislative Services, told the committee the supplemental totals $14,126,900 for FY2025, split into $8,868,200 General Fund and $5,258,700 federal funds, to cover higher-than-forecast…
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