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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR Picaurx

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2-8-06

HJM 51

SHORT TITLE

COMPREHENSIVE FAMILY SOCIAL

SERVICE CENTER

SB

ANALYST Lucero

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Joint Memorial 51 recognizes:

1.

The children, youth and families department has entered into contracts with organizations

that provide family services, including adoption services, pregnancy counseling, foster

care treatment and placement, case management and family stabilization; and although

those family services are often interrelated, they are often provided by separate organiza-

tions in separate locations.

2.

The separate locations of family service providers might complicate access to family ser-

vices and ultimately discourage families from using all of the family services available.

3.

A common location for the provision of family services by organizations that enter into

contracts with the children, youth and families department might improve access to and

encourage greater use of family services by families throughout the state;

House Joint Memorial 51 resolves:

1.

That the children, youth and families department be requested to conduct a study to ex-

amine the feasibility of creating a comprehensive social service center, from which dif-

ferent organizations that enter into contracts with that department could provide family

services.

2.

That the children, youth and families department be requested to provide a written report

of its findings and recommendations to the appropriate legislative interim committee by

November 2006;

3.

That the children, youth and families department be requested to file copies of that writ-

ten report in duplicate with the legislative council service library; and BE

House Joint Memorial 51 – Page 2

4.

That a copy of this memorial be transmitted to the secretary of children, youth and fami-

lies.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

There is no appropriation attached to the activity requested by this memorial

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

This comprehensive social service center could improve access to, and encourage greater use and

coordination of, family services throughout the state by both client families and CYFD contract-

ing agencies

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

None related to this joint memorial

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

CYFD will absorb the costs associated with the research and reporting of the activities of this

study.

CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP

None

TECHNICAL ISSUES

The memorial does not reference whether the social service center is a “bricks and mortar” facil-

ity, or a virtual/web based center. Many states, counties, and cities have a virtual or web based

social service center which provides information about the various vendors and or services avail-

able.

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