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DCF Presents Budget Adjustments for Shelters, Transportation and Child-Services Contracts
Summary
Interim DCF Commissioner Sandy Hoef and DCF staff told the Senate Appropriations Committee their proposed PAA represents a 0.8% increase over FY26 and includes $2 million to stabilize newly created shelters, positions moved off ARPA, $1 million in transportation pressure, and about $1.9 million needed to fully operate two SRTF-style stabilization contracts.
Sandy Hoef, interim commissioner at the Department for Children and Families, told the Senate Appropriations Committee on Jan. 13 that the department's proposed PAA represents a 0.8% increase over the state fiscal 2026 budget and included changes to maximize federal funding and address caseload trends.
"The proposed PAA represents a point 8% increase over the state fiscal '26 budget," Hoef said. DCF staff described several notable adjustments: a net-neutral transfer…
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