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DCYF and First 5 outline allocation plan to protect services amid cuts; First 5 reserve strategy detailed
Summary
Department of Children, Youth and Their Families presented a three‑year allocation plan prioritizing early care, after‑school and targeted neighborhood supports while meeting a $1.4M FY12/13 reduction largely through grantee savings; First 5 described Prop H/Prop 10 balances and contingency uses including capacity building and adding PFA slots.
Maria Sue, director of the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families, told the Budget and Finance Committee that DCYF will meet the mayor’s 5 percent general‑fund reduction target for FY12/13—about $1,400,000—largely through one‑time savings in grantee and work order accounts rather than by cutting community contracts. "We are proposing to use those funds, to meet the 12/13 target," Sue said, adding the department prefers preserving funded services while adjusting allocations in later years.
DCYF presented a three‑year children's services allocation plan built around an "index of need" at the ZIP‑code level that draws on census, school district and human…
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