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Votes at a glance: Joint subcommittee closes multiple Division of Child and Family Services budget accounts
Summary
The Human Services Joint Subcommittee approved a series of budget closings and technical adjustments across the Division of Child and Family Services; motions were made predominantly by Assemblymember Mosca and seconded by Senator Dondero Loop and carried unanimously.
The Human Services Joint Subcommittee approved closing motions for multiple budget accounts under the Division of Child and Family Services during its March session. Daniel Miller of the Legislative Counsel Bureau presented the staff recommendations; Assemblymember Mosca moved to approve the staff recommendations and Senator Dondero Loop typically seconded. The transcript records each motion as carrying unanimously by voice vote.
Key approved items (motion maker and second recorded in the hearing transcript; vote outcomes recorded as unanimous voice votes unless noted):
- Children, Youth and Family Administration (budget account 1013145): Approved as recommended by staff; includes net reduction of $4.7 million and elimination/remapping of ARPA-funded positions as described in governor's amendment A254933145.
- Other closing items (pages 6–7; other items 1–7): Approved with technical adjustments and a noted budget amendment for other item 7.
- Family Support Program (budget account 1013146): Approved as amended by budget amendments 8253543146 and 8257643146; net change described as a net reduction of $1.3 million inclusive of technical adjustments and position funding-source changes.
- Implementation of Family First Prevention Services Act (decision unit implementing Title IV‑E prevention services): Approved as amended with technical adjustments; staff recommended aligning FMAP and removing parents‑as‑teachers programming costs, resulting in $301,461 of federal Title IV‑E authority and $9,090 of general fund in FY 2027 (per staff presentation).
- Child Welfare Trust Account (budget account 6453242): Approved as amended by budget amendment 8253883242 to eliminate cost‑of‑care deductions from children’s state‑managed trust funds and remove transfers to the rural child welfare account, increasing reserves by $97,153 in each year of the 2025–27 biennium.
- Multiple technical/other closing items across pages 14–29 and 31–39: Approved as recommended by the governor, with staff authority to make technical adjustments as necessary. These include victim services accounts; victims of domestic violence; Children's Trust; transition from foster care; review of death of children; Northern and Southern Nevada Child and Adolescent Services; and other closing items enumerated in Miller’s presentation.
- Victims of Crime (budget account noted on page 21): Approved two major items: (1) transition from outsourcing claims processing to internal processing with three new crime victim compensation specialist positions and a new online application/payment system (staff recommended technical adjustments removing rent and duplicate software costs); and (2) general fund appropriations of $1,200,000 over the 2025–27 biennium to replace $874,420 in ARPA funding previously used to support victims benefits. Motions carried unanimously.
- Northern Nevada Child and Adolescent Services (budget account 101328): Approved net reduction of $435,508 to eliminate three positions and convert one psychiatric nurse to a contract position (as presented by fiscal staff).
- Southern Nevada Child and Adolescent Services (budget account 1013646): Approved net reductions of approximately $430,860 (general fund reduction $176,233) and transfers of psychiatric and program manager positions to align duty locations and caseloads.
The committee recorded each approval by voice vote with the consistent procedural pattern: LCB staff presentation, call for questions, motion by Assemblymember Mosca, second by Senator Dondero Loop, and unanimous voice vote. Fiscal staff repeatedly requested authority to make technical adjustments as necessary; the subcommittee consistently granted that authority.
Motions recorded in the transcript were procedural approvals of staff and governor recommendations and technical adjustments; none of the approved items involved substantive changes to policy beyond personnel funding, funding‑source reclassifications, transfers between budget accounts, or technical corrections. The Unity replacement project funding decision was the notable exception and was deferred to the full committee for further analysis.
