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2019 Analysis of Monroe County Budget

March 7, 2019

The adopted 2019 Monroe County budget includes:
• A shifting of 6 Dept. of Public Health clerical staff to respond to the collapse of Early Intervention (EI) Service Coordination programs in community agencies. A proposal to create a wait list for infants and toddlers referred for EI evaluation was withdrawn.
• An increase of $1.8 M in County spending on child care subsidies.
• Addition of 30 case aide positions in Child Protective Services.
• A ten-cent reduction in the County’s property tax rate and an increase in assessed valuation, leading to $11.6 M more projected property tax revenue in 2019 over 2018.

In this report, we provide commendations for several allocations in Monroe County’s 2019 Adopted Budget and priority recommendations for further action in 2019.

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2018 Analysis of Monroe County Budget

March 1, 2018

The proposed 2018 Monroe County budget includes notable progress for children and youth:

  • The budget contains funding and plans for implementation of the 8-point Child Protective Services (CPS) reform plan announced in October 2017.
  • Increased appropriations for preventive services designed to avoid child welfare system entry and foster care placement will support more at-risk children and families in 2018.
  • A change that advances accountability and transparency is a new section of the budget document that summarizes expenditures and number of individuals served for all County programs that touch the lives of children and families.

In this report, we provide recommendations and commendations for the County and important findings from our review of the 2018 Proposed budget.

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2017 Policy Brief: Evidence-Based Strategies to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect

November 15, 2017

According to the Children’s Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, during fiscal year 2015, over 683,000 children were victims of abuse and neglect in the United States and 1,680 children died as a result of abuse and neglect.1 This data only encompasses Child Protective Services (CPS) reports and is likely to underreport the prevalence of abuse. In the National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence of over 4000 children ages 0-17, over 15% reported caregiver maltreatment and 5% reported being the victims of physical violence.2 In Monroe County, CPS reports are expected to exceed 10,000 in 2017, an increase of 32% since 2014. Of these reports, 93.7% are expected to be characterized as maltreatment, 5.7% are expected to be reports of sexual abuse, and the remaining less than 1% would be episodes of physical abuse.

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2016-2017 TCA Review of City Proposed Budget

June 30, 2016

The total 2016-17 adopted budget for the City of Rochester is $517M, 2.3% higher than the 2015-16 amended budget of $505M. The property tax levy for City taxpayers is $154.2M (up $2.9M from last year) due to an 8% increase in total assessed value of property. The average homeowner will see his/her tax bill decrease by $15.85 per year, and business owners will see their tax bill decrease by an average of $215.22. The City expects sales tax revenue to increase by $1.63M. Refuse and Local Works rates are held steady; Water rates increase by 3%.

The City’s workforce grows by a net of 13 full-time positions, including 3 in the Department of Recreation and Youth Services (DRYS). A $6M allocation from New York State for anti-poverty efforts was used to cover the costs of maintaining existing programs such as the Office of Innovation and capital projects in the RMAPI target neighborhoods.

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2016 Analysis of Monroe County Budget

December 15, 2015

The Children’s Agenda offers this review of the proposed 2016 County budget and its impact on children and youth as a contribution to the local dialogue about how to best use limited resources to create a thriving community for families and children.

2016 is an important year for Monroe County’s children and youth. 2015 brought remarkable progress in aligning community leadership and resources in pursuit of systemic change that we hope will reverse the persistent and troubling negative trends around child poverty, school success and children’s health. We commend the County for being involved in these initiatives and we urge County leaders to take advantage of current community initiatives to marshal public policies and funding around evidence-based strategies that will strengthen families and improve children’s well-being.

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