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Prepared by the League of Women Voters of California Education Fund, Juvenile Justice Study Committee. July 1998.


APPENDIX D:
MORE ABOUT FUNDING FOR
CALIFORNIA'S DEPENDENCY SYSTEM

Estimated %Change
Budget Year 1989-90 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 '89-'96
Family Homes: Total $248,404 $344,943 $353,503 $387,210 55.9%
$/child/month 468 558 550 586 25.2%
Number of children 44,800 51,514 53,607 5 4,752 22.2%
Group Homes: Total $392,528 $578,335 $622,552 $739,859 88.5%
$/child/month 2,531 2,897 2,687 2,705 6.9%
Number of children 12,900 17, 979 19,298 22,998 78.3%
% FC children in Group Home 22.4% 25.4% 26.5% 29.6 19.1%
% FC benefits to Group Homes 61.2% 62.6% 63.8% 65.6% 7.6%

Dollar amounts are in $1,000s. Sources: Governor's May Revised Budget

Data reflects caseload and expenditures associated with Foster Family Agency (FFA) cases reported in the Foster Family Home and Group Home categories

Funding Year 1997/1998 State Budget for Child Welfare Services
Program 20: to provide technical support for the CWS/CMS System workstations   $5,686,000
Foster Family Home and Small Family Home Insurance Fund   3,006,000
Foster Care   1,495,765,000
Aid for Adoption of Children/Adoption Assistance Program   152,584,000
In Home/Supportive Services   959,572,000
Child Welfare Services, which includes:
    Family Reunification and Maintenance Services


132,398,000
107,616,000

1,163,340,000
Adoptions   57,069,000
Child Abuse Prevention   22,925,000
Total   3,859,947,000



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Prepared by the League of Women Voters of California Education Fund, Juvenile Justice Study Committee. July 1998.