2. STATUTORY DAILY RATES
Governor: Establish the following statutory daily rates for juvenile correctional services provided or purchased by the Department that would be charged to counties and paid through counties' youth aids allocations.
Daily Rates
Current Law Governor
1-1-99 thru 7-1-99 thru 1-1-00 thru 1-1-01 thru 6-30-99 12-31-99 12-31-00 6-30-01
Secured Correctional Facilities* $159.46 $157.29 $158.46 $159.62
Child Caring Institutions 163.36 169.24 172.46 175.67
Group Homes 113.34 117.42 119.65 121.88
Corrective Sanctions 74.35 85.18 80.67 76.67
Treatment Foster Homes 72.75 75.37 76.80 78.23
Regular Foster Homes 25.26 26.17 26.67 27.16
Aftercare Supervision 17.39 16.85 17.03 17.20
*Including transfers from a secured correctional facility to the Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center.
[Bill Sections: 2703 thru 2705]
3. ALTERNATE CARE
PR $8,168,600
Governor: Provide $4,084,300 annually for juvenile residential aftercare (alternate care). The residential aftercare appropriation funds the costs of care for juveniles placed in child caring institutions, foster care homes, treatment foster care homes and group homes. Provide statutory rate increases for alternate care settings equal to 3.6% in 1999-00 and an additional 3.8% in 2000-01. Base funding for the residential aftercare appropriation is $5,355,700. In 1997-98, the average daily population (ADP) for alternate care totaled 156.6 and the ADP in 1998-99 (through December, 1998) totals 149.5. Projected average daily populations for alternate care, under the bill, total 186 in 1999-00 and 194 in 2000-01.
[Bill Sections: 2703 thru 2705]
4. YOUTH AIDS
GPR $6,000,000
Governor: Provide $2,000,000 in 1999-00 and $4,000,000 in 2000-01 for community youth and family aids (youth aids) for cost increases associated with the operation of secured juvenile correctional facilities. Base funding for youth aids totals $82,183,700 ($79,734,500 GPR and $2,449,200 PR). (Statutory provisions relating to the calendar year allocation of youth aids funding in 1999-01 under the bill require technical correction.)
5. DELETE VACANT POSITIONS
Funding Positions
PR - $1,268,400 - 20.00
Governor: Delete $634,200 and 20.0 positions annually. The positions are currently vacant and the vacancy dates range from July 1, 1995 to August 27, 1998. The classifications and the full-time equivalent (FTE) positions that would be deleted are as follows:
Position Classification FTE
Administrative officer 1.00
Dental assistant 1.00
Food service worker 1.00
Personal assistant 0.45
Probation and parole agent 1.00
Program assistant 2.25
Psychologist 1.00
Recreational leader 1.00
Social worker 2.00
Teacher 3.00
Teacher assistant 2.00
Youth counselor 4.30
Total 20.00
Of these positions, 0.95 FTE (a 0.25 program assistant position and a 0.70 youth counselor positions) were already deleted under standard budget adjustments.
6. POPULATION-RELATED COST ADJUSTMENTS
PR $1,176,800
Governor: Provide $510,000 in 1999-00 and $666,800 in 2000-01 to reflect population-related cost adjustments as follows: (a) $363,900 in 1999-00 and $423,000 in 2000-01 for food costs at juvenile correctional institutions; (b) $70,600 in 1999-00 and $103,900 in 2000-01 for variable non-food costs (such as laundry, clothing and personal items) for institutionalized juveniles; and (c) $75,500 in 1999-00 and $139,900 in 2000-01 to reflect juvenile health care cost adjustments.
7. MENDOTA JUVENILE TREATMENT CENTER
PR $1,160,000
Governor: Provide $527,000 in 1999-00 and $633,000 in 2000-01 for cost increases associated with the care and treatment of juveniles placed at the Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center (MJTC). The MJTC facility, operated by the Department of Heath and Family Services (DHFS), provides evaluations for and mental health treatment of male juvenile offenders under state custody. The facility has a capacity of 43 beds. Under a contract agreement, DOC is providing $3,236,200 in 1998-99 to DHFS for the facility. Under the bill, these payments would increase to $3,763,200 in 1999-00, and $3,869,200 in 2000-01.
[Bill Section: 1002]
8. CONTINUED USE OF PRAIRIE DU CHIEN FACILITY AS ADULT PRISON
Governor: Extend the period for operating the secured juvenile correctional facility at Prairie du Chien as an adult prison for inmates who are not more than 21 years of age and who are not violent offenders to July 1, 2001. Repeal a GPR appropriation created under 1997 Act 4 for the start-up and training costs of the Prairie du Chien facility. Under current law, the secured juvenile correctional facility at Prairie du Chien may be operated, until July 1, 1999, as an adult prison for inmates who are not more than 21 years of age and who are not violent offenders, as determined by the Department of Corrections.
[Bill Sections: 359 and 3261]
9. SERIOUS JUVENILE OFFENDER PROGRAM
Governor: Project the following average daily populations for the serious juvenile offender (SJO) appropriation, including SJO juveniles, violent juvenile offenders (VJO) and extended jurisdiction (EJ) juveniles, in the 1999-01 biennium:
SJO VJO EJ
Type of Care 1999-00 2000-01 1999-00 2000-01 1999-00 2000-01
Secured Correctional Facilities 122 122 0 0 26 19
Corrective Sanctions Program 26 45 1 0 5 4
Aftercare Supervision 26 45 0 0 5 3
Total ADP 174 212 1 0 36 26
Alternate Care* 26 44 0 0 0 0
*Includes child caring institutions and group homes and are a subset of aftercare supervision.
The SJO appropriation reimburses juvenile correctional institutions, secured child caring institutions, alternate care providers, aftercare supervision providers and corrective sanctions supervision providers for costs incurred, beginning on July 1, 1996, for: (a) the care of any juvenile 14 years of age or over who has been adjudicated delinquent for an act that is equivalent to a Class A or B felony or a juvenile 10 years of age or older who has attempted or committed first-degree intentional homicide or has committed first-degree reckless or second-degree intentional homicide, and who has a disposition as a serious juvenile offender; (b) juveniles less than 16 years of age under the jurisdiction of the adult court and sentenced to state prison, but placed by DOC at a secured juvenile correctional facility or a secured child caring institution; (c) correctional services for juveniles adjudicated as violent juvenile offenders for certain offenses committed prior to July 1, 1996; and (d) juveniles under extended jurisdiction orders prior to July 1, 1996 who receive juvenile correctional services. A SJO disposition, under (a) above, may only be made if the judge finds that the only other disposition that would be appropriate is placement in a secured correctional facility. For a juvenile receiving a SJO disposition, the court is required to make the order apply for a period of five years if the adjudicated act was a Class B felony offense, or until the juvenile reaches 25 years of age if the adjudicated act was a Class A felony offense.
Base funding for the SJO appropriation totals $10,813,200. No additional funding is provided under the bill for the SJO appropriation, although the population projections and daily rates for care under the bill vary from those used to calculate 1998-99 base-level funding. In addition, the population projections for the SJO appropriation under the bill do not include juveniles under the jurisdiction of the adult court, but placed by DOC in a juvenile facility. This will need to be clarified.
10. PURCHASE OF COMMUNITY SERVICES -- CORRECTIVE SANCTIONS
PR - $429,600
Governor: Delete $246,300 in 1999-00 and $183,300 in 2000-01 for the purchase of community-based services for juveniles under the corrective sanctions program. Under current law, a juvenile participating in the corrective sanctions program is placed in the community and the Department of Corrections must provide intensive surveillance of the juvenile. The Department must also, by statute, expend an average of $5,000 a year per corrective sanctions slot to purchase community-based treatment services for participants. Under the bill, the Department would be required to expend an average of $3,000 a year per corrective sanctions slot.
[Bill Section: 3176]
