Three-Tiered Adoption Assistance
- A three-tiered payment ceiling is expected to increase adoption of children with special needs.
Family Group Decision Making (FGDM) Expansion
- FGDM is a new practice initiative that involves the extended family members in service planning to more effectively assure positive outcomes for children who have recently experienced a removal. Expansion requires 36 new FTEs.
Kinship Care Expansion
- Statewide expansion of the kinship care pilot program that provides financial assistance and support services to family caregivers. Expansion requires 11 new FTEs in FY 06 and another 4 in FY 07.
Enhance Recruitment for Foster/Adoptive Parents
- Funding for performance-based contracts for recruitment efforts that will increase the placement options for children removed from their homes.
Increase Post Adoption Services
- Addresses demand for post adoption services.
Increase Adoption Placement Purchased Services
- Would ensure child placing agencies continue to recruit and place DFPS children in need of adoptive homes.
Adoption Assistance Beyond Age 17
- Would support adoption of children with special needs.
Funding Request
FY 2006 |
FY 2007 |
Biennium |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Three-Tiered Adoption Assistance | $993,420 | $2,185,524 | $3,178,944 |
| Family Group Decision Making Expansion | 2,270,996 | 2,121,488 | 4,392,484 |
| Kinship Care Expansion | 7,797,702 | 8,490,879 | 16,288,581 |
| Enhance Recruit-Foster/Adopt Parents | 500,000 | 500,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Incr Post Adoption Svcs | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
| Incr Adoption Placement Purch Svcs | 616,997 | 616,997 | 1,233,994 |
| Adoption Assistance Beyond Age 17 | 1,442,403 | 2,522,493 | 3,964,896 |
| Total | $14,621,518 | $17,437,381 | $32,058,899 |
| Number of FTEs | 47.0 | 51.0 | |
| Method of Financing: | |||
| General Revenue | $13,137,952 | $15,260,470 | $28,398,422 |
| Federal Funds | $1,483,566 | $2,176,911 | $3,660,477 |
Program Impact
FY 2006 |
FY 2007 |
|
|---|---|---|
| No. of Children in FPS Conservatorship Who Are Adopted | 144 | 144 |
| Average No. of Children: Adoption Placement Purchased Services | 12 | 12 |
| Average No. of Clients Receiving Post-adoption Purchased Services | 289 | 289 |
| Average No. of Children Provided Adoption Subsidy Per Month | 443 | 866 |