SB16 Summary

• Establishes maximum of 1,443 regular employees for DHS Division of Children and Family Services for fiscal year 2024-2025, with positions ranging from Division Director (Grade SE02) to Program Assistants (Grade GS03)

• Appropriates $147,156,224 for operations including $61,637,335 for regular salaries, $26,983,261 for personal services matching, and $5,061,305 for overtime

• Appropriates $64,654,079 for state grants including $54,006,830 for foster care and $10,647,249 for state residential treatment

• Appropriates $102,907,999 from TANF funds for foster care payments and $214,799 from the Children's Trust Fund for child abuse and neglect prevention programs

• Effective July 1, 2024, with emergency clause declaring the funding essential for agency operations