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Appropriations committee warns of tight FY28 budget, flags potential holes from child-benefit changes
Summary
Committee leaders told members the state begins FY28 with less revenue and noted potential gaps if the bill prevents DCF from using children's Social Security benefits to offset costs; Joint Fiscal cited proxies and estimates and said the FY28 impact could be about $700,000 and might require an additional FTE.
The House Appropriations Committee used part of its March 18 session to flag a constrained fiscal outlook for the next budget cycle and to identify potential impacts arising from the omnibus youth bill under review.
Don Langwell of the Joint Fiscal Office told the committee that eliminating the Reach Up asset limit could result in additional costs and that a proxy based on 18 denials in fiscal 2025 could yield an approximate $140,000 impact. He also said provisions that would bar DCF from using…
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