Budget Item/Program

Maintenance

2010 House passed

2011 House passed

General Funds Shortfall

Comments

Home Visiting

$550,000

$550,000

$550,000

$0

Budget footnotes inserted by House require DHHS to maintain funding at $550,000/year. (HB 1 pp. 744 & 734, fn 102 and fn 502

Governor’s Commission on Alcohol and Drug Prevention and Treatment

$4,133,000*

*reflects level funding from 2009 to 2010

$4,133,000

$4,133,000*

*reflects level funding from 2009 to 2011

$0

The SFY 2009 budget funded the Alcohol Fund at $5.6 Million.  This appropriation was reduced by Executive Order to $4.1 Million.  Governor’s proposed budget appropriates $2.8 Million in each year of the biennium, a 30% decrease from the amount received in the current fiscal year.  (HB 1 p. 871; HB 2 sec. 19)

Family Planning

$4,460,833

$1,496,700

$1,494,133

$1,470,000

Previously funded by TANF (HB 1 p. 778). Although a reduction from maintenance, in light of substantial cuts to other human services, advocates support the House position which restored funding which had been recommended for elimination by the Governor.

Court-ordered services to children provided through DCYF and Div. of Juvenile Justice Services

$36,452,314 (2010)

$37,363,622 (2011)

$30,240,714

$30,684,647

$3,520,000 (2010)

$4,099,488 (2011)

This line contains funds used to pay for DJJS & DCYF services including shelter care, residential treatment and individual service option/residential for extremely troubled and troubling children. Reduction assumes a strategic decrease in utilization, especially for CHINS. Total number of children served in 2009: 4538

County incentive funds (Diversion programs)

$3,868,682 (2010)

$3,965,399

(2011)

$2,343,240

$2,344,517

$1,525,442 (2010)

$1,620,882  (2011)

Reduce incentive funds from 6% to 3% (requires statutory change) (HB 2 sec. 49; HB 1 p. 1355)

TANF

$32,579,568

(2010)

$32,593,308

(2011)

$24,853,072

$29,866,812

$7,726,496  (2010)

$2,726,496

TANF families in NH are faced with increasing costs, and the numbers of families relying on TANF are increasing (from 4863 in Aug. 08 to 5434 in March, 09 and likely to go higher. The issues with TANF include both the total appropriation, which is likely to be inadequate, and the balance in the TANF reserve, which also funds DJJ & DCYF services, home visiting, and family planning.

Childhood Lead 

$594,979

$594,979

$617,849

 $0

Operation of the Childhood Lead Program was proposed to be funded from fines & penalties imposed on property owners. The House restored funding by general funds. (HB 1 p. 777)