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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to community -based care lead agency 2
funding; amending s. 409.991, F.S.; providing and 3
revising definitions; revising provisions relating to 4
the allocation of funding for community -based care 5
lead agencies; requiring that certain factors be 6
considered in allocating core services funds to 7
community-based care lead agencies; providing for the 8
calculation of such allocation of core services funds; 9
requiring the Department of Children and Families to 10
adopt rules; providing an effective date. 11
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13
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Section 1. Section 409.991, Florida Statutes, is amended 15
to read: 16
409.991 Allocation of funds for community-based care lead 17
agencies.— 18
(1) As used in this section, the term: 19
(a) "Annual licensed care caseload" means a community -20
based care lead agency's average number of children in licensed 21
care during the most recent 12 months. 22
(b) "Average board rate" means the most recent statewide 23
total amount of full month payments for all items charged for 24
room and board, divided by the number of children for which 25
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those payments are made, divided by the number of days in that 26
month. 27
(c) "Caseload" means the average caseload size of a 28
community-based care lead agency which is determined by summing 29
the most recent month -end average of children in in -home and 30
out-of-home care during the most recent 24 months and the 31
average annual number of finalized adop tions based on the most 32
recent 24 months. 33
(d)(a) "Core services funds" means all funds allocated to 34
community-based care lead agencies operating under contract with 35
the department pursuant to s. 409.987, with the following 36
exceptions: 37
1. Funds appropriated for independent living; 38
2. Funds appropriated for maintenance adoption subsidies; 39
3. Funds allocated by the department for protective 40
investigations training; 41
4. Nonrecurring funds; 42
5. Designated mental health wrap -around services funds; 43
6. Funds for special projects for a designated community -44
based care lead agency; and 45
7. Funds appropriated for the Guardianship Assistance 46
Program under s. 39.6225. 47
(2) The factors to be considered in allocating core 48
services funds to each community -based care lead agency must 49
include all of the following: 50
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(a) The amount spent on prevention services by the 51
community-based care lead agency to prevent children from 52
entering or reentering foster care, based on the most recent 53
fiscal year of such spending by the community-based care lead 54
agency. Such amount may be increased based on a community -based 55
care lead agency's performance in reducing the number of 56
children in out-of-home care. 57
(b) The statewide average cost per child for client 58
services as determin ed by the department, multiplied by the 59
number of children in a caseload. Such product must be adjusted 60
based on the average district cost differential provided in s. 61
1011.62 for the counties served, weighted by child population. 62
(c) The projected cost o f board costs, determined by 63
summing the totals of: 64
1. The annual licensed care caseload, multiplied by the 65
average board rate; and 66
2. The number of annual removals, multiplied by the 67
initial clothing allowance as determined by the department. 68
(d) The projected cost of staffing needs for the 69
community-based care lead agency, determined by summing the 70
totals of: 71
1. The statewide average cost per position, as determined 72
by the department, for all case managers and direct support 73
positions; foster home recruitment, licensing, and out -of-home 74
care placement positions; and adoption support positions for the 75
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community-based care lead agency based on the lead agency's 76
caseload, including staffing necessary to obtain one case 77
manager per 14 children by the 2 023-2024 fiscal year; and 78
2. The average district cost differential for the counties 79
served by the community -based care lead agency as provided in s. 80
1011.62, weighted by the child population of each county served. 81
(e) Program support and operations co sts determined by 82
multiplying 0.1 by the projected cost of staffing needs as 83
determined in paragraph (d). 84
(3) The allocation of core services funds shall be 85
calculated based on all of the following: 86
(a) The projected core services funding is determined by 87
summing the amounts determined in paragraphs (2)(a) -(e). 88
(b) The actual allocated funding for the most recent 89
fiscal year for a community -based care lead agency shall be 90
divided by the projected core services funding to determine the 91
percent of projected core services funding for that community -92
based care lead agency. 93
(c)1. Unless otherwise specified in the General 94
Appropriations Act, any new core service funds shall be 95
allocated proportionally to community -based care lead agencies 96
below 90 percent of projected core services funding based on the 97
degree to which their projected core services funding is below 98
90 percent, until 90 percent or greater projected core services 99
funding is achieved for each community -based care lead agency. 100
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2. Once 90 percent of projected core services funding is 101
achieved for each community -based care lead agency, any new core 102
services funds shall be allocated proportionally to community -103
based care lead agencies below 100 percent of projected core 104
services funding based on t he degree to which their percent of 105
projected core services funding is below 100 percent, until 100 106
percent of projected core services funding is achieved for each 107
community-based care lead agency. 108
(4) The department shall adopt rules necessary to 109
implement this section, which must include, but need not be 110
limited to, rules that specify qualifying prevention 111
expenditures and staffing ratios for case managers and direct 112
support positions; foster home recruitment, licensing, and out -113
of-home care placement p ositions; and adoption support staff 114
positions. 115
(b) "Equity allocation model" means an allocation model 116
that uses the following factors: 117
1. Proportion of the child population; 118
2. Proportion of child abuse hotline workload; and 119
3. Proportion of chil dren in care. 120
(c) "Proportion of child population" means the proportion 121
of children up to 18 years of age during the previous calendar 122
year in the geographic area served by the community -based care 123
lead agency. 124
(d) "Proportion of child abuse hotline wo rkload" means the 125
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weighted average of the following subcomponents: 126
1. The average number of initial and additional child 127
abuse reports received during the month for the most recent 12 128
months based on child protective investigations trend reports as 129
determined by the department. This subcomponent shall be 130
weighted as 20 percent of the factor. 131
2. The average count of children in investigations in the 132
most recent 12 months based on child protective investigations 133
trend reports as determined by the departme nt. This subcomponent 134
shall be weighted as 40 percent of the factor. 135
3. The average count of children in investigations with a 136
most serious finding of verified abuse in the most recent 12 137
months based on child protective investigations trend reports as 138
determined by the department. This subcomponent shall be 139
weighted as 40 percent of the factor. 140
(e) "Proportion of children in care" means the proportion 141
of the number of children in care receiving in -home services 142
over the most recent 12 -month period, the number of children 143
whose families are receiving family support services over the 144
most recent 12-month period, and the number of children who have 145
entered into out-of-home care with a case management overlay 146
during the most recent 24 -month period. This sub component shall 147
be weighted as follows: 148
1. Fifteen percent shall be based on children whose 149
families are receiving family support services. 150
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2. Fifty-five percent shall be based on children in out -151
of-home care. 152
3. Thirty percent shall be based on children in in-home 153
care. 154
(2) The equity allocation of core services funds shall be 155
calculated based on the following weights: 156
(a) Proportion of the child population shall be weighted 157
as 5 percent of the total. 158
(b) Proportion of child abuse hotline w orkload shall be 159
weighted as 35 percent of the total. 160
(c) Proportion of children in care shall be weighted as 60 161
percent of the total. 162
(3) Beginning in the 2015 -2016 state fiscal year, 100 163
percent of the recurring core services funding for each 164
community-based care lead agency shall be based on the prior 165
year recurring base of core services funds . 166
(4) Unless otherwise specified in the General 167
Appropriations Act, any new core services funds shall be 168
allocated based on the equity allocation model as follows: 169
(a) Seventy percent of new funding shall be allocated 170
among all community-based care lead agencies . 171
(b) Thirty percent of new funding shall be allocated among 172
community-based care lead agencies that are funded below their 173
equitable share. Funds allocated pursuant to this paragraph 174
shall be weighted based on each community -based care lead 175
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agency's relative proportion of the total amount of funding 176
below the equitable share. 177
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 178