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DCYF says HVSA fund balance and planned expansions face uncertainty as contract freeze and budget proposals take effect
Summary
DCYF staff told HVAC that the HVSA account balance has fallen from prior projections, that expansion requests exceed available dollars, and that procurement and training tied to 61‑09 are moving forward amid uncertainty caused by a statewide spending freeze and the governor's budget proposal.
Department staff and local implementing agency (LIA) representatives described how state budget actions and a temporary agency spending freeze are affecting the Home Visiting Services Account (HVSA) fund balance, planned expansion awards, and a pilot procurement tied to opioid settlement funds (referred to in the meeting as “61‑09”).
Renee (DCYF staff) summarized the HVSA account trajectory: the department estimated a fund balance decline, and staff reported the account balance was about $1.9 million as of July 1, 2024, down from earlier projections. “We had projected earlier ... that our fund balance at the end of state fiscal year '24 would be 1.2. We didn't quite meet that 1.2, but, we got pretty close. We are at 1.9 as of 07/01/2024,”…
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