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

SPONSOR Ortiz Y Pino

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/26/06

HB

SHORT TITLE Community Action Programs

SB 140

ANALYST Weber

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

$500.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Human Services Department (HSD)

SUMMARY

Senate Bill 140 appropriates $500 thousand from the general fund to the Human Services

Department for the purpose of supporting existing community action programs.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $500 thousand contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general

fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY07 shall revert to the

general fund.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

HSD reports that current funding for this program comes from the Federal Community Services

Block Grant (CSBG). The current funding for this program is budgeted at three million two

hundred thousand dollars ($3,200.0) in CSBG funds and one hundred eighty thousand dollars

($180.0) for CSBG discretionary funds. This funding is made available to community action

agencies statewide through several Joint Powers Agreements (JPAs) between HSD and each

community action agency.

Senate Bill 140 – Page 2

This appropriation would provide state general funds to supplement the federal CSBG funding

made available to 9 community action agencies statewide.

The CSBG program provides emergency assistance to persons and families in local communities

for food, housing, medicine, work and education. Community action agencies use current

funding to leverage additional funding to maximize their service capacity for their communities.

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

With additional funds available for these programs, HSD may want to reevaluate the scope of

work and level of performance indicators for these programs in the contracts.

TECHNICAL ISSUES

Consideration should be given to specifying what programs are augmented to insure legislative

intent.

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