OCCY approves modest FY2024 budget, adds positions for child-death review and juvenile competency
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Summary
The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth approved a proposed FY2024 budget of $5.12 million, a $293,031 increase focused on juvenile competency, child-death review staffing, and two new grant-funded projects; commissioners also approved the agency's monthly financial report.
The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth on June 21 approved a $5,120,000 proposed budget for fiscal year 2024, an increase of $293,031 from the prior year, and recorded approval of its monthly financial report.
Finance staff presented year-to-date utilization for FY2023 and a proposed FY2024 budget that staff said would rely on a combination of state appropriation, federal grants and carryover funds. The proposal lists $2.8 million in state appropriations and identifies roughly 32% of total revenues as grant-funded. The packet included detailed operating-budget comparisons, departmental allocations and a cash-balance report showing a carryover estimate staff projected would end the fiscal year at approximately $630,000.
Commission staff said the modest overall increase mainly funds three items: $60,000 targeted to juvenile competency work; $100,000 to support additional child medical examiner review activity (including additional review capacity); and $200,000 to fund two full-time positions tied to the Child Death Review Board (CDRB). The proposed budget also adds two grant-funded projects: a community-based child-abuse-prevention grant (approximately $235,000) and a Preschool Development Grant (PDG) (approximately $245,000). Staff said payroll makes up about 52% of the proposed budget and grants and assistance account for roughly 17%.
Commissioners pressed staff on the agency's cash balance and planned carryover. Finance staff said historical practice is to spend the oldest funds first and that the carryover is intended for one-time projects (database maintenance, contract increases, or other non-recurring uses) rather than to underwrite ongoing core services.
After discussion, a motion to approve the FY2024 proposed budget was made, seconded and passed by roll-call vote. The commission also approved the agency's monthly financial report by roll call.
What happens next: staff will finalize budget documents for the state appropriation process and incorporate carryover planning into next year's budget cycle. The commission packet contains further line-item tables, grant descriptions and a department-level allocation summary.
Sources: presentations and roll-call recorded during the June 21 commission meeting (finance presentation and votes).
