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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

2/02/2007

HB

SHORT TITLE At-Risk Youth Urban & Rural Dance Program

SB 423

ANALYST Lucero

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$1,200.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to H536

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Public Defender’s Department (PDD)

Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 423 appropriates one million two hundred thousand ($1,200,000) from the general

fund to Children, Youth and Families Department for fiscal year 2008 to contract with a

nonprofit professional modern dance repertory company to provide an on-site and off-site

statewide urban and rural dance program for sentenced and post-release rehabilitation

sustainability for at-risk and in-system juveniles.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of one million two hundred thousand ($1,200,000) contained in this bill is a

recurring expense to the general fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at

the end of fiscal year 2008 shall revert to the general fund.

The appropriation is not part of Children Youth and Families Department's request and is not

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included in the Executive recommendation of Children Youth and Families Department.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The Public Defender Department supports legislation improving the overall operation of the

criminal justice system, including sustainable rehabilitation for juvenile offenders.

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

SB 423 relates to the Governor’s policy initiative Safer New Mexico Task 9.4: Increase

successful re-entry of adult and juvenile offenders to society. The CYFD strategy of increasing

the quality and life-appropriateness of client programming in facilities as preparation for

community re-entry and in front-end community supervision services ties directly to the present

bill.

SB 423 also relates to the Governor’s Safer New Mexico goal of increasing youth alternatives to

gangs and increasing community awareness of gang activity by providing gang awareness,

prevention and education in New Mexico’s rural areas and Native American communities.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

If passed, the bill will have an administrative impact on children, youth and families department

that the bill does not address.

CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP

Relates to HB 536 and Duplicates HB 573

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

The Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee (JJAC) currently supports the National Dance Institute

(NDI), which is a nonprofit professional modern dance repertory company in providing an on-

site and off-site statewide urban and rural dance program for youth involved or at-risk of being

involved in the juvenile justice system. A current contract of $20,000 is in place for this

purpose.

Involvement with music and the arts has been repeatedly identified as a resiliency factor for

youth that, in concert with other resiliencies, serves to protect them from risk factors to their

health, safety, and development.

ALTERNATIVES

None identified.

WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ENACTING THIS BILL

Status Quo.

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