LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 29, 2009

TO:	Honorable Patrick M. Rose, Chair, House Committee on Human Services
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB1978 by Farias (Relating to the establishment of an evidence-based youth development competitive grant pilot program.), As Introduced

Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB1978, As Introduced: a negative impact of ($207,130) through the biennium ending August 31, 2011.

The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.

General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact:

Fiscal Year	Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds
2010	($118,360)
2011	($88,770)
2012	$0
2013	$0
2014	$0

All Funds, Five-Year Impact:

Fiscal Year	Probable Savings/(Cost) from General Revenue Fund 1	Probable Savings/(Cost) from Appropriated Receipts 666	Probable Revenue Gain/(Loss) from Appropriated Receipts 666
2010	($118,360)	$0	$0
2011	($88,770)	($88,770)	$88,770
2012	$0	$0	$0
2013	$0	$0	$0
2014	$0	$0	$0

Fiscal Analysis

The bill would require the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to create an evidence-based youth development competitive grant pilot program. The grant program must provide services to no more than 75 adolescents to assist them in making healthy and beneficial life choices. The grant program must be in Bexar County located in zip codes in which the school-age birth rate is at least three times the nation average, at least 90 percent of the student population is economically disadvantaged, and the dropout rate of grades 7 to 12 is greater than 5 percent.

 

The grant must target adolescents who are: at risk for becoming pregnant or causing an unplanned pregnancy or who already have a child; at risk for engaging or are engaging in delinquent behavior; are at risk of dropping out of school; live in foster care or in a facility operated by the state; or live in economically disadvantaged circumstances. The program must operate for not less than nine months or an academic school year.

 

The grant funds may only be used for administering the program, including site selection and required evaluation and quality monitoring; training and managing staff; paying staff salaries and expenses; and paying for program facilities and expenses.

 

No later than December 1, 2010 HHSC must submit a report to the legislature regarding the performance of each grant recipient with respect to providing evidence-based youth development program services, including the number of low-income adolescents served, and the number of adolescents who became pregnant or caused a pregnancy.

 

The bill would take effect September 1, 2009.  No later than December 1, 2009 HHSC must implement the grant program.  This subchapter would expire September 1, 2011.

Methodology

HHSC estimates that $118,306 in General Revenue Funds would be needed in fiscal year 2010 and $88,770 in General Revenue Funds would be needed in fiscal year 2011.  HHSC estimates that $88,770 in Appropriated Receipts (gifts, grants and donations) would be collected and expended in fiscal year 2011 to assist in funding the grant program.  If TANF Federal Funds were available, the cost to General Revenue could be reduced, but these funds would need to be appropriated to the agency for this purpose.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

529 Health and Human Services Commission

LBB Staff:

JOB, CL, BM, MB