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Juvenile Dependency: Fiscal Year 2017-18 Allocation for Juvenile Dependency Counsel Collections Program and Court-Appointed Counsel Expected Unspent Funding Reallocation (Action Required)
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Summary
Summary
The Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommends two redistributions of funding for court-appointed juvenile dependency counsel for fiscal year (FY) 2017-18: (1) The recommendation is made to allocate $542,892 to the trial courts calculated according to the methodology adopted by the Judicial Council at its August 23, 2013, business meeting; and (2) reallocate unspent dependency counsel funding from courts that have identified funds they do not intend to spend to courts funded at below the average statewide funding level.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
The Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council, effective May 24, 2018:
1. Allocate $542,892, the FY 2016-17 Juvenile Dependency Counsel Collections Program (JDCCP) funds remitted in excess of dependency counsel program administrative costs, to the trial courts calculated according to the methodology adopted by the Judicial Council at its August 23, 2013, business meeting (Attachment A shows projected allocations based on information received at the time of this report).
2. Allocate $679,351, the FY 2017-18 Court-Appointed Counsel expected unspent funding, to the trial courts calculated according to the methodology adopted by the Judicial Council at January 22, 2015, business meeting. Attachment B (column J) shows projected allocations based on information obtained from trial courts at the time of this report.