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Juvenile Law | Court Appointed Special Advocate Funding Methodology and Fiscal Year 2024-25 Allocations
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Summary
Summary
The Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee recommends the Judicial Council allocate funding for the Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program, which includes an amendment to the funding methodology for allocation of a $500,000 funding augmentation. The allocations will fund 45 CASA programs serving 52 counties and approximately 10,600 children statewide.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
The Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council allocate the $2.713 million in total grant funds for fiscal year 2024-25 as follows, effective July 1, 2024:
1. Allocate $2.103 million in base funding based on the previously approved four-tier methodology.
2. Amend the funding methodology approved by the Judicial Council to include an ongoing funding methodology for the $500,000 augmentation:
a. Allocate the funding as a separate growth-based incentive;
b. Allocate this growth-based incentive to a total of 30 eligible local CASA programs, composed of 15 small and 15 large programs, based on the current methodology for determining incentive funding eligibility for small and large programs; and
c. Allocate this funding equally among the 30 eligible local CASA programs.
3. Allocate $110,000 equally to the 27 programs, 13 small and 14 large, that are eligible for the existing growth-based incentive.
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Speakers
Speakers
Hon. B. Scott Thomsen, Member, Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee
Ms. Sharon M. Lawrence, Member, Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee
Ms. Kelly Meehleib, Center for Families, Children & the Courts