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Department proposes fund swaps and limited staff reductions to comply with federal caps on substance use block-grant administrative spending
Summary
Officials told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee the Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention program needs fund-source adjustments after federal guidance placed Idaho on a corrective action plan for exceeding the 5% administrative cap on the substance use block grant. The department proposed shifting personnel costs
Legislative analysts and the Department of Health and Welfare told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee that federal guidance has placed Idaho on a corrective action plan for the substance use block grant because the state exceeded the federal 5% cap on administrative personnel spending. To address the federal finding and preserve current staffing, DHW proposed shifting personnel costs to liquor-control (dedicated) funds while moving federal funds into trustee-and-benefit payments.
Alex Williamson, LSO analyst, described the requested fund swaps: the department asked to move approximately $533,900 from liquor-control funds to…
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