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SPONSOR: |
Picraux |
DATE TYPED: |
2/1/02 |
HB |
243 |
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SHORT TITLE: |
Domestic Violence Shelters & Programs |
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ANALYST: |
Dunbar |
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APPROPRIATION
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Appropriation
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Additional Impact |
Recurring or Non-Rec |
Fund Affected |
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FY02 |
FY03 |
FY02 |
FY03 |
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$2,000.0 |
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Recurring |
General Fund |
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(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates
SB49
Administrative Office of the District Attorneys
(AOD’s)
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Bill
House Bill 243
appropriates $2,000.0 from the general fund to CYFD for the purpose of contracting
with domestic violence shelters and programs statewide to deliver services to
victims of domestic violence and their families. The bill contains an emergency
appropriation.
Significant
Issues
The bill does not
specify income eligibility criteria for receipt of services. This bill expands domestic violence services
contracted for by CYFD.
Recent federal funding cuts affected almost all
domestic violence shelters and programs around the state. The emergency appropriation would assist the
shelters affected by the federal cuts this year.
The
performance implications for the district attorney’s offices are that victim
advocates will once again have programs to refer domestic violence victims in
their communities. Domestic
violence shelters work in conjunction with DAs Offices around the state to keep
domestic violence victims/witnesses safe
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The
appropriation of $2,000.0 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the
general fund. Any unexpended or
unencumbered funds remaining at the end of FY 03 revert to the general fund.
This appropriation is not part of CYFD’s request and is not included in the
executive recommendation.
CYFD currently (FY 02) allocates
$3.25 million in state general fund and $569.2 in federal categorical funds for
domestic violence services. The
recommendation for FY 03 is to continue funding these services through the
general fund. The department funds 23
agencies to provide these services. In HSD there is $1,700.0 million (FY 02) in
TANF funds apportioned for domestic violence programs. The recommendation for
FY 03 is to continue TANF funding of these services.
Approximately $900.0 was lost in
recent federal cuts this year.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
CYFD
will be responsible for contracting and monitoring the service. The department did not report administrative
implications.
DUPLICATION
SB 49
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
The Commission on the Status of
Women reports that 19,500 NM wives are severely assaulted by their husbands or
partners each year. It is estimated that alcohol is involved in 85% of domestic
violence incidents in NM.
Domestic violence is considered
a barrier to employment under TANF regulations. HSD recognizes that additional
services and extended time frames are often needed so that TANF clients with domestic
violence issues may make the full transition to employment.
Research
from Town Hall meetings conducted by the NM Commission on the Status of Women
in five NM communities established that the number one issue of women was violence.
In NM approximately one-third of the female patients in the emergency room, at
any one time, are there as a direct result of domestic violence.
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