File #: 25-083    Version: 1
Type: Other Proposal Status: Passed
File created: 2/24/2025 In control: Judicial Council
On agenda: 4/25/2025 Final action: 4/25/2025
Title: Trial Court Budget | Fiscal Year 2024-25 Reallocation of Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act Funding (Action Required)
Attachments: 1. 20250425-25-083 - updated 20250327

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Trial Court Budget | Fiscal Year 2024-25 Reallocation of Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act Funding (Action Required)

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Summary

Summary

The Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee (TCBAC) recommends the reallocation of Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act fiscal year 2024-25 funds to the trial courts. The CARE Act funding methodology calls for a midyear reallocation process to redistribute funds that courts project will be left unspent to courts that request additional program funding. Judicial Council staff conducted a survey of all the trial courts and identified $7,580,954.96 projected to be available for reallocation from 34 courts and requests from 2 courts that a total of $400,000.00 be redistributed to them. The TCBAC presented this recommendation to the Judicial Branch Budget Committee (JBBC) on March 14, 2025, and the JBBC approved it for consideration by the Judicial Council.

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Recommendation

Recommendation

The Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee (TCBAC) recommends the reallocation of Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act fiscal year 2024-25 funding based upon projected unspent funding and additional funding needs among the courts, as detailed in Attachment A, including any technical adjustments, effective April 25, 2025.

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