Florida Children's Services Council

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1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Programs for Children and Families (amounts in millions) State Budget EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION & CARE $105.3 M Headstart AWI Head Start $29.8M-dist. Directly to locals 1, /ACS Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (CCDGB) These dollars are designed to supplement, not supplant state dollars for child care assistance for low income families. They will be distributed similarly to existing CCDBG dollars, with a set aside for quality improvement activities (including $93.6 million to improve the quality of infant and toddler care). For more information see 2, / ACF Children & Families Services Programs (Head Start/Early Head Start) $1 billion is allocated for Head Start according to the current statutory formula. $1.1 billion is allocated for Early Start and funds will be awarded on a competitive basis. Early Start grants are meant to be focused on communities of color, Native American tribes and other underserved communites. Up to 10% of Early Head Start funds are for technical assitance and training. For more information see 1, ACHA Early Steps Part C of IDEA children with disabilities age 2 and younger. May use the funds for any activity authorized by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act DOE Education Part B of IDEA, section 611 and DOE Education Stabilization For States to restore state aid for elementary, secondary and postsecondary educaion and as applicable, early childhood educaion programs and services. 53, Amy Petrila with the Children s Board of Hillsborough County at apetrila@childrensboard.org 1

2 DOE Title I help for disadvantaged $13 billion for grants to help nearly every school district and more than half of all public schools. Of which $5 billion goes through targeted assistance and $5 billion goes through education finance incentive grant formulas to local school districts. Of those grants, the local district must use at least some of the funding to support children younger than school entry age either directly or through subcontracts with a local Head Start agency, an Even Start program, an Early Reading First program, or a comparable public early childhood development program. $3 billion included for school improvement grants of which states are encouraged to use 40 % for middle and high schools. 13, HEALTHCARE TOTAL 71, /ACHA Enhanced FMAP Funding Increases Florida FMAP 6.2% 10/08-12/10; Holds harmless anticipated decline in FMAP for FY 09-11; additional FMAP increase for high unemployment thru 6/10. Eligibility no more restrictive than 7/01/08 stds. Must be in compliance w/prompt pay stds. Over three fiscal years there will be a reduction of $432.5 m in Intergovernmental Transfers from local entities. 87, PHSSEF (Prevention and Wellness Fund) $650 million will be used to carry out evidence -based clinical and community based prevention and wellness strategies in the Public Health Services Act as determined by the Secretary hall be to carry out evidence-based clinical and community-based prevention and wellness strategies authorized by the PHS Act, as determined by the Secretary, that deliver specific, measurable health outcomes that address chronic disease rates. The Secretary shall provide the Appropriations Committees with an operating plan for the prevention and wellness fund 90 days after enactment of ARRA. The remaining funds are for immunization and infection reduction Amy Petrila with the Children s Board of Hillsborough County at apetrila@childrensboard.org 2

3 Health Resources & Services (Community Health Centers and infrastructure) $500 million goes to grants for Community Health Centers to support new sites and service areas, to increase services at existing sites, and to provide supplemental payments for spikes in uninsured populations. Grants for new sites and services areas are to be two years in length. The conference agreement urges the Administration to consider supporting unfunded but approved CHC applications. The remaining $1.5 billion of these funds go to grants for construction, rennovation and equipment, and the acquisition of Health IT. 2,000 Health Resources & Services (Health Workforce) Addresses health profession training programs. $300 million for National Health Service Corps recruitment and field activities. $75 million available through September 30, 2011 for extending service contracts for the recapture and reallocation of funds used for those that fail to fulfill their term of service. $200 million for primary care and dentistry programs, public health and preventive medicine programs, scholarship and loan repayment programs authorized in Public Health Services Act and grants for training program authorized under Title VII Extension of Transitional Medical Assistance Extends TMA beyond current expiration to December 31, 2010.TMA helps lowincome families with children transition to jobs by allowing them to keep their Medicaid coverage for a limited period of time after they find a job even though their earnings make them ineligible for regular Medicaid. TMA is also available on a temporary basis for families that would otherwise lose Medicaid due to child support payments 1.30 COBRA Healthcare for Unemployed Provides reduced premiums to beneficiaries and their dependents. (65% subsidy for up to 9 months) 30,300 unknown ACHA Medicaid Coverage for Unemployed 8,600 Amy Petrila with the Children s Board of Hillsborough County at apetrila@childrensboard.org 3

4 Funding for Health Information Technology through Medicare and Medicaid Incentives Requires government to take a leadership role in developing standards by 2010 to create electronic health records by investing in infrastructure. 90% of doctors and 70% of hospitals would adopt and use electronic health records within the next decade. This investment would generate savings throughout the health sector through improvements in quality of care, care coordination, and reductions in medical errors and duplicative care. [Note: The estimated net cost of this provision is $17.2 billion; in addition, $2 billion for affiliated grants and loans is available through discretionary funding.] 128, CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM Child Welfare /ACF (included in FMAP increase) DCF IV-E- Foster Care TOTAL 257, Title IV-E programs - adoption assistance, foster care, kinship care -- received FMAP increase of 6.2% (does not apply to administrative costs) Depends on renegotiation of FL's waiver with. Allocation represents estimates if FLL sucesfully negotiates a proportional share of the increase not included in total DCF IV-E- Adoption Assistance Federal match at enhanced FMAP of 6.2 precentage points after hold harmless Gen Gov/DOR Child Support Enforcement Temporarily (Oct.2008-Oct.2010) allows federal child support incentive funds to be used as part of the State's 34% match of federal $'s that support DOR's Child Suport Enforcement Program 1, FAMILY SUPPORTS /ACF Children & Families Services Programs (CSBG) TOTAL Dollars are distributed to the states. States are required to reserve 1% of their allocations for benefit coordination services and to distribute the remaining funds directly to local, eligible entities Amy Petrila with the Children s Board of Hillsborough County at apetrila@childrensboard.org 4

5 DCF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Extension of TANF Supplemental Grants Temporary emergency contigency fund reimburses states 80% of increased expenditures on basic assistance, short term non recur. Benefits, or subsidized employment. Subj, to cap. Includes hold harmless for caseload reduction credit Through FY 2010, provides additional assistance to qualifying states with high population growth and/or increased poverty at the same amount as awarded in FY These funds can be used for the same purposes as TANF block grants. For more information see 5, TANF States may use their carryover TANF funds to provide any benefit or service Carryover Funds permitted under TANF, not just cash assistance. N/A DCA HOME Investment To help local communities build and rehabilitate low-income housing using Partnerships green technologies 1,500 DCF Homeless Prevention To states, cities and countines thru emergency shelter grant formula 1, DCA AWI Labor Neighborhood Stabilization Grants Unemployment Compensation/ Workforce Services Training and Employment Services To help communities purchase and rehabilitate forclosed vacant properties 2,000 Funds unemployment compensation benefits and workforce support services. Formula distribution for grants $19.6 M adult job training $43.3 M summer youth programs; $78.4 M dislocated worker program $20.6 M for job placement assistance. Most of the funds are distributed to Regional Workforce Boards and havelocal impact , , Capacity Building Grant To establish grants directly to nonprofit organizations to expand the delivery of social services for individuals and communities 50 Amy Petrila with the Children s Board of Hillsborough County at apetrila@childrensboard.org 5

6 TAX CREDITS JUVENILE JUSTICE Making Work Pay This provides an individual tax credit in the amount of 6.2% of earned income not to exceed $400 for single returns and $800 for joint returns Earned Income Tax Temporarily Increases the earned Income Tax Credit for working families three or more children Expansion of the Refuindable Child Tax Credit. Increases the eligibility for the Child Tax refundable child tax credit in 2009 and 2010 by lowering the threshold to $3,000 (compared to $8500 in 2008 and $12500 in 2009) Estimated $10.5 billion dollars over the next ten years Refundable First Time Increases the maximum value of the tax credit for the first time home buyers to Home Buyer $8000 and eliminates the repayment obligation Sales Tax Deduction Provides a deduction for state and local sales and excise tax paid on the purchase for Vehicles of a new car. TOTAL Individual Public Saftey/ FDLE Byrne/JAG Funding, Crime Victims Compensation and Crime Victims Assist. Grants Appropriations for Byrne/JAG (justice assistance grant) funding and Crime Victims Assistance. Byrne/JAG grants are for state and local law enforcment to use to prevent and control crime and enhance the criminal justice system. Can also be used in the correctional system. Byrne/JAG funding allocations are formula driven based on pop and crime stastics. Florida will recieve appx. $128.4 M of which aprx. $100 M will go to local units of gov. either directly or pass through in the FDLE. Crime Victims Compensation funds and Crime Victims assistance grants are channeled through the Dept of legal affirs. FL will recieve an additional $3.1M for additional victims compensation funds and $1.7M for victim assistance grants 2, TOTAL 2, TOTALS 380, Amy Petrila with the Children s Board of Hillsborough County at apetrila@childrensboard.org 6