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Child Support | Updating AB 1058 Program Funding Methodologies and Adopting Fiscal Year 2023-24 Funding Allocations (Action Required)
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Summary
Summary
The Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommends reallocating funds for the Assembly Bill 1058 Child Support Commissioner and Family Law Facilitator Program based on the current funding methodologies, with updated workload and population data. The Child Support Commissioner program workload-based funding methodology was implemented in fiscal year (FY) 2019-20, the Family Law Facilitator program population-based funding methodology was implemented in FY 2021-22, and the underlying data for both are updated every two years. The committee also recommends approving base and federal drawdown allocations for the Assembly Bill 1058 Child Support Commissioner and Family Law Facilitator Program for FY 2023-24. The funds are provided through a cooperative agreement between the California Department of Child Support Services and the Judicial Council, which requires the council to annually approve the Assembly Bill 1058 Program funding allocations.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
The Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council, effective July 21, 2023:
1. Approve the recommended base allocation for the Child Support Commissioner program for FY 2023-24 and FY 2024-25, as described below and stated in Attachment A, maintaining the current funding methodology approved by the council in 2019, with updated workload data;
2. Approve the recommended base allocation for the Family Law Facilitator program for FY 2023-24 and FY 2024-25, as described below and stated in Attachment B, maintaining the current funding methodology approved by the council in 2021, with updated population data; and
3. Approve the committee’s recommendation for FY 2023-24 Assembly Bill 1058 Program court funding comprised of the base funding allocations derived from recommendations 1 and 2 and the federal drawdown funding based on the methodology adopted by the Judicial Council in January 2019, as stated in Attachments C1 and C2.
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