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Children's Services Act spending rebounds; private special-education placements remain main cost driver
Summary
Office of Children's Services staff told the subcommittee that CSA spending and caseloads are rising again after pandemic declines, driven largely by private special-education placements and foster-care residential needs; the office urged monitoring and possible containment options.
Scott Rainier of the Office of Children's Services briefed the Joint Subcommittee for Health and Human Resources Oversight on trends in the Children's Services Act (CSA), saying state and local expenditures and the number of youth served have begun rebounding after pandemic-era declines.
Rainier said CSA is a "state supervised, locally administered" program that is mostly funded with state general funds and local matches; he said federal dollars in the CSA budget are limited and that for most services the state must provide sufficient funding for approved demand. He told the panel CSA is largely nondiscretionary and that roughly two-thirds of CSA funds come from the state while about one-third is local share; local match percentages vary by…
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