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

SPONSOR Ryan

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

01/25/05

HB

SHORT TITLE Family Violence Prevention Program

SB 277

ANALYST McSherry

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

$36.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Senate Bill 277 duplicates House Bill 249 and relates to Senate Bill 143.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC)

Children Youth and Families Department (CYFD)

SUMMARY

Senate Bill 277, “Family Violence Prevention Program” appropriates $36,000 from the general

fund to the 2

nd

Judicial District Court for the purpose of funding two family violence prevention

programs: the “Say No to Abusing Power,” (SNAP) program and the “Program for the Empow-

erment of Girls,” (PEG).

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $36,000 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund.

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall revert

to the general fund.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

It is not clear for what specifically the requested funds would be used or how the proposed

amounts of funding were decided upon.

Senate Bill 277 – Page

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AOC reports the programs intervene in delinquency cases of juveniles involved in domestic vio-

lence situations to provide community-based alternatives to traditional sentencing and incarcera-

tion in an effort to end the cycle of violence, crime and abuse.

The bill is included in the judiciary unified budget.

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

This program is already operated at the 2

nd

Judicial District and does not have associated per-

formance measures.

Performance measures for the program expansion have not been proposed.

The AOC reports that, although recidivism statistics are not yet available for the programs, it is

hoped they will break the cycle of violence, crime, and abuse frequently observed with juveniles

involved in domestic violence situations.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

Increasing the funding for this program will increase the responsibilities for the oversight for this

program.

CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP

Senate Bill 277 duplicates House Bill 249 and relates to Senate Bill 143, “Family Assessment

Domestic Violence Program.

WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ENACTING THIS BILL

Not enacting the bill will result the programs continuing as they are.

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS

1.

For what specifically will the requested funds be used.

2.

What are the expected outcomes of the proposed funding increases for the SNAP and

PEG programs. How will these outcomes be determined.

3.

What have the outcomes been so far during the programs’ existence.

4.

Are there personnel associated with the requested funds. How many.

5.

What criteria will be used to determine whether to continue requesting funds for and/or

continue managing these programs.

6.

What, if any, other governmental agencies or community organizations are involved with

these programs.

7.

Would other judicial districts benefit from similar programs. How was the 2

nd

Judicial

District prioritized for being the first to request such a program.

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