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SPONSOR: |
Romero |
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HB |
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SHORT TITLE: |
At-Risk Youth Training Program |
SB |
161 |
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ANALYST: |
Collard |
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APPROPRIATION
Appropriation
Contained |
Estimated
Additional Impact |
Recurring or
Non-Rec |
Fund Affected |
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FY03 |
FY04 |
FY03 |
FY04 |
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$118.3 |
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See Narrative |
Recurring |
General
Fund |
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(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates
to Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act
Responses
Received From
New
Mexico Labor Department
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Bill
Senate Bill 161
appropriates $118.3 from the general fund to the Labor Department for the purpose
of contracting for an at-risk youth employment training program in Bernalillo,
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of
$118.3 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund. Any
unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY04 shall revert to
the general fund.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
The New Mexico Labor
Department suggests that this bill will require the department to identify
staff to provide administrative and oversight services on behalf of the
project. Appropriate administrative
funds and resources must be provided to deliver these services.
RELATIONSHIP
Senate Bill 161 is
related to the general appropriations act.
In the Operations program of the Labor Department, $700.0 is
appropriated from the general fund to fund at-risk youth programs in the state.
TECHNICAL ISSUES
The Labor Department indicates there is no
specific service or type of program identified other than training and
employment programs and more definition is needed.
The department also notes that, as with any
add-on project funded outside the realm of the department’s federally funded
mandates, amounts for administrative costs must be appropriated to the
department. For similar general fund
transactions, historically the department has been allowed to charge a six
percent administrative fee against the appropriation.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
The Labor Department
suggests the alternative of awarding the funds to the department by specifically
identifying the department as the provider and assuring the department the
ability to program these funds within the
currently existing field office structure in the designated counties. This would provide greater efficiency and
would incur fewer administrative costs.
The same services are currently being funded and provided in these
counties through the Central Area Workforce Development Board under the
Workforce Investment Act for youth activities.
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS
KBC/sb/njw