FY18 Proposed Budget

CFSA Overview for the Community

April 19, 2017
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Trends
Demand remains robust
Total Calls to District Hotline
for Reporting Child Abuse/Neglect
20,000
18,000 17,202 17,451
15,765
16,000
13,810
14,000 13,043
12,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16

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Trends (continued)

Decline in children in care continues, as expected

For first time, children in care dropped below 1,000
(August 12, 2016)

Children in District Out-of-Home Care

Point in time: Last day of fiscal year
1,800
1,600
1,549
1,400
1,342
1,200 1,120 1,085
996
1,000
800
600
400
200
0
FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16

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 Trends (continued)

Three quarters of children in care now

come from Wards 7 and 8

Home Ward of District Children in Care

Ward 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
% of population
9% 4% 11% 14% 13% 10% 15% 23%
under age 18*
% of total
children in 2.5% 0.7% 0.3% 2.8% 7.4% 6.1% 20.2% 55.4%
care**

75.6%

* CY2015, DC Action for Children percentages do not add up to 100% due to rounding
**Point in time: December 31, 2016
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 Trends (continued)

In-home cases are the growth area

First day, FY12 51% of caseload Last day, FY16 62% of caseload

Fewer youth aging out of care

250
199
200 162
150 112 107 91
100
50
0
FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16

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FY2018 Proposed Budget (in thousands)

FY17 Approved FY18 Proposed

$232,630 $226,486

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FY2018 Reductions
(from FY2017 Approved Budget)

Reduction or
Amount Description
Rightsizing
($1,966) Adoption/Guardianship Subsidies Reduction

($1,783) Fixed Cost Adjustment based on fixed cost Rightsizing

projections from DGS
($500) Eliminate one-time funding of Rapid Housing Reduction

($680) Supportive Services based on reduced number of Reduction

children served
($1,215) Administrative efficiencies Reduction

($6,144)

FY2017 Local Budget $232,629

FY2018 Requested Local Funding $226,485
Delta ($6,144)

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 FY2018 Budget Breakdown
(in millions)

$37.70
$57.10

$6.80 Administration
State Operations
Front Porch
Front Door
$15.00 $36.30
Temporary Safe Haven
Well Being
Exit to Permanence

$19.30
$54.30

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FY18 Investments:
Front Porch

Investments in prevention and

community-based services
Community Supports $19.4 million
In-home Care and Supports $ 7.3 million
Grandparent Caregivers $ 5.9 million

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FY18 Investments:
Front Door

Investments in Entry Services

186 dedicated CPS staff $18.1 million
Safe Shores support $900,000

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 FY18 Investments:
Temporary Safe Haven

Investments in Placement and Support

Family Foster Care 880 beds $33.9 million
Group Homes 52 beds $ 7.4 million
ILPs 17 beds $ 1.6 million
Teen Parent 17 beds $ 2.9 million
Other 39 beds $ 2.0 million

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FY18 Investments:
Well Being

Investments in health, mental health,

academic support, and other support
services
Daycare $1.4 million
Healthy Horizons Clinic $1.1 million
Transportation services $1 million
Tutoring $750,000
Mentoring $500,000

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FY2018 Investments:
Exit to Permanence

Investments in Program Operations, Youth

Empowerment, and
Adoption/Guardianship Subsidies
Youth Empowerment $ 4.9 million
Adoption/Guardianship Subsidies $30.5 million

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 Not doing different things
Doing core functions differently

FY18 Priorities

Focus on Entry Services

Redesign Placement function to improve quality,
consistency, and capacity; increase support for foster
parents; and get better outcomes for children and
youth
Increase permanency rates (reunification,
guardianship, adoption)
Revamp approach to community-based services,
ensuring sound investments in prevention and ample
resources in areas of greatest need (Wards 7-8)
Continue to embed trauma treatment in practice
Bear down on remaining LaShawn requirements

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Questions and Answers
Advance questions
Additional questions

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