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

SPONSOR Papen

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

01/16/08

HB

SHORT TITLE Dona Ana CYFD Parent Child Education

SB

70

ANALYST Lucero

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY08

FY09

$605.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 70 appropriates six hundred five thousand dollars ($605,000) from the general fund

to the Children, Youth and Families Department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 to implement

the AVANCE parent-child education program to provide services to two hundred twenty-five

families in Chaparral, Dona Ana, Organ, Vado and the Rincon-Placitas area in Dona Ana county.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of six hundred five thousand ($605,000) contained in this bill is a recurring

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

a fiscal year shall revert to the general fund.

The appropriation is not part of the Executive recommendation for Children Youth and Families

Department.

CYFD states that it is unknown at this time if the funds would be sufficient to provide

educational services to 225 clients.

Senate Bill 70 – Page

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SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

AVANCE is a Spanish word meaning "to advance" or "to progress." The AVANCE Parent-

Child Education Program focuses on parent education, early childhood development, brain

development, literacy, and school readiness. The program serves predominantly poor Latino

families in underserved communities. AVANCE's mission is "Unlocking America's Potential"

and the program accomplishes this one child, one family, one community at a time by teaching

parents to be advocates and role models for their children. Parents are taught that they are the

first and most important teachers for their children. The nine-month core program caters to

parents with children from 0-3 years of age, operating in housing projects, community centers

and schools. AVANCE instructors guide parents through the stages of emotional, physical, social

and cognitive development of their children with special topics that range from the importance of

reading and effective discipline to nutrition. Parents also attend classes in literacy, learning

English and attaining a GED.

The average AVANCE child is born and brought up in a low income family in which neither the

father nor mother, if present, has completed high school or speaks English. The AVANCE

program builds on resources that are well established in the community. One hour of each

encounter with the families is dedicated to connecting families to community resources. In

addition, the program model offers English as a Second Language (ESL) and General

Equivalency Diploma (GED) classes for parents

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

CYFD is currently contracting for services using this model in Dona Ana County

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

CYFD’s Office of Child Development currently manages the Dona Ana County AVANCE

parent-child education program that is contracted to serve 40 families with children from birth to

age four. If enacted, CYFD is able to absorb the increased monitoring of this program

WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ENACTING THIS BILL

Status quo.

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