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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T





SPONSOR: Altamirano DATE TYPED: 01/25/01 HB
SHORT TITLE: Youth Mentoring Programs Appropriation SB 67
ANALYST: Padilla


APPROPRIATION



Appropriation Contained
Estimated Additional Impact
 Recurring

or Non-Rec

 Fund

Affected

FY01 FY02 FY01 FY02
$ 300.0 Recurring GF



(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)



Duplicates/Relates to Appropriation in The General Appropriation Act: House Bill 2 includes $595.0 in general fund for big brothers and big sisters programs statewide.

Duplicates SB 206. Relates to SB 86, which appropriates $100.0 for big brothers and big sisters programs in Chaves and Eddy counties. Also relates to HB 212 which includes an appropriation of $150.0 to CYFD in part for youth mentoring programs.



SOURCES OF INFORMATION



LFC files



No Response

Department of Finance and Administration

Children, Youth and Families Department

State Department of Public Education



SUMMARY



Synopsis of Bill



Senate Bill 67 appropriates $300.0 from the general fund to the Department of Finance and Administration to support youth mentoring programs statewide.



Significant Issues



"Youth mentoring programs" in practice means support for big brothers and big sisters programs.







PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS



Appropriations for youth mentoring programs have been made to DFA for a number of years. DFA serves as a means to flow through funding to the programs and does not exercise oversight on the use of the funds or the benefit of the programs. DFA is now a performance-based budgeting (PBB) agency. Youth mentoring does not come under the scope of any of DFA's four PBB programs. From a performance standpoint, the appropriation would be better made to the Children, Youth and Families Department, most appropriately to CYFD's "Prevention and Intervention" program.



FISCAL IMPLICATIONS



The appropriation of $300.0 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY02 shall revert to the general fund.



ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS



See under "performance implications."



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