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Fiscal Year 2004 Proposed Budget

Section D - Courts and Constitutional Offices
Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court

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TEN-YEAR HISTORY
JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT

  FY 1995 FY 1996 FY 1997 FY 1998 FY 1999 FY 2000 FY 2001 FY 2002 ADOPTED
FY 2003
PROPOSED
FY 2004
AUTHORIZED POSITIONS                    
                     
PERMANENT                    
Full-Time Equivalents 42.0 42.0 43.0 47.5 47.5 48.5 48.5 52.2 48.5 48.5
TEMPORARY                    
Full-Time Equivalents 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5
GRANT FUNDED                    
Full-Time Equivalents 1.0 1.0 1.0     3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
                     
TOTAL FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS 47.5 47.5 48.5 52.0 52.0 56.0 56.0 59.7 56.0 56.0
                     
EXPENDITURES (000s) 2,739 2,717 2,947 3,151 3,348 3,457 3,623 3,784 4,193 4,184
                     
REVENUES (000s)                    
Fees 46 30 60 54 49 47 58 47 33 54
Grants 813 799 985 1,104 1,262 1,385 1,457 1,439 1,277 1,411
                     
TOTAL REVENUE (000s) 859 829 1,045 1,158 1,311 1,432 1,515 1,486 1,310 1,465
                     
NET TAX SUPPORT (000s) 1,880 1,888 1,902 1,992 2,037 2,024 2,108 2,298 2,882 2,719

PROGRAM HISTORY
JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT

FY 1995:   Eliminated Food Service Coordinator position ($39,173, 1.0 FTE) and food purchase costs ($30,000) as a result of contracting food service for Group Home programs.
    Maintained a frozen Court Psychologist position ($13,221, 0.5 FTE) for half the fiscal year which will be offset by $10,000 in funding for contract psychological testing services.
    Reduced expenditures and revenues by $150,000 as a result of decreased funding by the Commonwealth for Court Services and Group Home programs.
     
FY 1996:   Maintained a frozen Court Psychologist position ($7,933. 0.3 FTE) in order to meet budget guidelines.
    Continued to reduce the expenditures and revenues by $150,000 as a result of decreased funding by the Commonwealth for Court Services and Group Home Programs.
     
FY 1997:   Added an Adult Probation Counselor (1.0 FTE, $43,111).
    Froze funding (0.4 FTE, $13,425) for School Probation Counselors.
     
FY 1998:   Additional grant revenue received ($236,608) from the Virginia Juvenile Community Crime Control Act (VJCCCA) for the purpose of initiating new Community-based programming.
    Added a Probation Counselor (1.0 FTE, $49,744) for the implementation of the Court Services Unit's First-Time Offender program.
    Added temporary Juvenile Probation Counselors (2.0 FTE, $45,439) and half time Administrative Assistant (0.5 FTE, $7,023) from revenue received from the Virginia Juvenile Community Crime Control Act (VJCCCA).
     
FY 1999:   Authorized the change from temporary to permanent Juvenile Probation Counselors (2.0 FTE, $46,121) and the half time Administrative Assistant (0.5 FTE, $7,128) added in FY 1998 from revenue received from the Virginia Juvenile Community Crime Control Act (VJCCCA).
     
FY 2000:   Additional reimbursement from DJJ to fund one permanent Substance Abuse Counselor (1.0 FTE $20,000) to provide mandatory drug screening and from DCJS to add two temporary Probation Officers (2.0 FTE, $57,760) to assist clients, victims and attorneys in efficient delivery of services in court as well as one permanent Family Therapist (1.0 FTE, $75,000) to provide counseling services to Argus House and Girls' Outreach.
     
FY 2001:   Received funding from DJJ to continue one permanent Substance Abuse Counselor (1.0 FTE, $20,000) and from DCJS to continue two temporary Probation Officers (2.0 FTE, $50,218) to assist clients, victims and attorneys in efficient delivery of court services. Renewed grant to provide second year funding for one permanent Family Therapist (1.0 FTE, $72,072) to provide counseling services to Argus House and Girls' Outreach.
     
FY 2002:   Added $131,200 of IV-E funds for the development and implementation of a boy's outreach program.
    Added $20,334 for Aurora House.
    Added $15,425 for Sheltercare.
    Added $116,847 and 3.7 FTE to start a Boys' Outreach Program ($267,592 total available).
     
FY 2003:   Eliminated the Boys' Outreach Program ($248,047, 3.7 FTEs), that was scheduled to start in April 2002, due to a reduction in state aid.
    The County Board added an additional $88,443 above the $11,444 increase in the proposed budget for Aurora House ($99,887 total increase), and $15,439 above the $15,629 increase in the proposed budget for Sheltercare ($31,068 total increase) due also to the reduction in state aid.
    Decreased state revenue by $390,260 or a 50% reduction for Community-Based and Multi-Jurisdictional Programs that are alternatives to incarceration.
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