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Access to Visitation Grant Program: Midyear Funding Reallocation for Fiscal Year 2017-2018 (Action Required)
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Summary
The Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee recommends approving the reallocation and distribution of unused Access to Visitation Grant funds for the contract period of fiscal year (FY) 2017-2018 (April 1, 2017, to March 31, 2018). Under established procedures adopted by the Judicial Council and described in the standard contract agreement with each superior court, funding will be distributed to those eligible courts currently receiving Access to Visitation Grant funds through the midyear reallocation process based on a documented need for additional funding when unused funds become available through a grantee court’s withdrawal from the program and/or when a court does not spend its full grant award. Family Code section 3204(b)(2) requires the Judicial Council to determine the funding allocation awards to the superior courts.
Recommendation
The Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council, effective September 15, 2017, reallocate and distribute unused Access to Visitation Grant funds to five of the nine eligible courts currently receiving such funds for the fiscal year 2017-2018 contract period.