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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
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ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
1/24/07
HB 339
SHORT TITLE
Making an Appropriation to Expand Mentoring
Services in Unserved and Underserved Areas of the
State
SB
ANALYST Propst
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
$2,000.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates SB 337
Relates to SB 129
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Department of Finance and Administration (DFA)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Making an Appropriation to Expand Mentoring Services in Unserved and Underserved Areas of
the State.
House Bill 339 appropriates $2,000.0 from the General Fund to the Department of Finance and
Administration to improve infrastructure development, including equipment, training, initial
staffing, recruitment and materials, to create new mentoring programs for children unserved and
in underserved areas of the state.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $2,000.0 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the General Fund.
Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY08 shall revert to the
General Fund.
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SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
This one time funding request will provide the infrastructural improvements needed to expand
matches of at-risk youth to adult mentors in unserved and underserved areas of the state. The
funding will expand programming into each quadrant of the state. In 2006, 3100 at-risk youth
were matched with volunteer adult mentors. With the program expansion it is projected that this
number will increase to matching at least 5,100 at-risk youth with volunteer adult mentors.
CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP
Duplicates HB 337 and relates to SB 129
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