File #: 23-052    Version: 1
Type: Other Proposal Status: Discussion Agenda
File created: 11/21/2022 In control: Judicial Council
On agenda: 1/20/2023 Final action: 1/20/2023
Title: Trial Court Budget | Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act Allocation Methodology (Action Required)
Attachments: 1. 20230120-23-052

Title

Title

Trial Court Budget | Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act Allocation Methodology

(Action Required)

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Summary

Summary

The Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommends an allocation methodology to distribute $2,828,000 to the seven courts making up the first cohort of courts implementing the Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act in fiscal year (FY) 2022-23. The committee further recommends that it be directed to develop an allocation methodology for CARE Act funding to the courts in FY 2023-24 and subsequent years.

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Recommendation

Recommendation

The Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee (TCBAC) recommends that the Judicial Council:

1.                     Approve, for Cohort One courts implementing the CARE Act, an allocation methodology that employs the Workload Formula with a base of 0.50 full-time equivalent costs, calculated at $98,000, for FY 2022-23;

2.                     Approve the TCBAC to perform a reconciliation using CARE Act spending reports and court projections; and

3.                     Direct the TCBAC Funding Methodology Subcommittee to develop an allocation for CARE Act funding in FY 2023-24 and subsequent years.

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Speakers

Speakers

Hon. Jonathan B. Conklin, Chair, Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee

Hon. Gerald G. Johnston, Judge, Superior Court of Orange County

Ms. Charlene Depner, Center for Families, Children & the Courts