{"id":1030,"date":"2011-05-10T13:28:10","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T17:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/74.117.146.64\/~brevardf\/?p=1030"},"modified":"2011-05-10T13:28:10","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T17:28:10","slug":"florida-legislature-reduces-bfp-funding-cuts-may-affect-programsservices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fpocf.org\/florida-legislature-reduces-bfp-funding-cuts-may-affect-programsservices\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Legislature Reduces BFP Funding &#8211; Cuts May Affect Programs\/Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An amendment introduced into Florida\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2011\/2146\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Bill 2146<\/a>\u00a0late in the second to last day of the 2011 Florida legislative session has passed both the House and Senate. The amendment creates a CBC Equity Funding statute (F.S. 409.16713) that will result in significant funding reductions for Brevard County\u2019s child welfare system of care, effective July 1, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Language in the Equity Allocation statute was originally introduced by the Senate in April. The formula used to determine equity would take a percentage of core funding from Community Based Care agencies deemed \u201cabove equity\u201d and distribute it, along with other additional funding to those CBCs deemed \u201cbelow equity.\u201d After much effort and advocacy, this proposed amendment, which would penalize high-performing agencies that have reduced the number of children in the formal dependency system, was thwarted.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, CBC agencies reached consensus on a formula that would equitably provide sufficient funding for all. This language was subsequently endorsed and ratified by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flchildren.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida Coalition for Children\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0board of directors. The FCFC and CBC agencies met with and briefed legislators, and were informed there was support for the consensus option; it was believed that the legislature would accept the proposal. However, late in the day on Friday, the original language was reintroduced, by amendment, and passed. Since learning of this, Brevard Family Partnership has worked diligently to oppose the amendment and divert the reduction and potential impact, to no avail.<\/p>\n<p>The direct reduction will be approximately $750,000. An additional, indirect impact, based on SAMH and Medicaid reform, is expected to be approximately $300,000.<\/p>\n<p>BFP is soliciting its staff and community partners and providers for input, asking for creative and innovative options and efficiencies that will minimize the impact to the children and families entrusted to our care, rather than the more obvious or traditional methods of absorbing reductions.\u00a0 At this time, there is no talk of workforce reductions or eliminating programs or services until all other available options have been exhausted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An amendment introduced into Florida\u00a0Senate Bill 2146\u00a0late in the second  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-articles","wpautop"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Florida Legislature Reduces BFP Funding - Cuts May Affect Programs\/Services - Family Partnerships of Central Florida<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fpocf.org\/florida-legislature-reduces-bfp-funding-cuts-may-affect-programsservices\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Florida Legislature Reduces BFP Funding - Cuts May Affect Programs\/Services - Family Partnerships of Central Florida\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An amendment introduced into Florida\u00a0Senate Bill 2146\u00a0late in the second [...]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fpocf.org\/florida-legislature-reduces-bfp-funding-cuts-may-affect-programsservices\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Family Partnerships of Central Florida\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-05-10T17:28:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"bfpadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"bfpadmin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fpocf.org\/florida-legislature-reduces-bfp-funding-cuts-may-affect-programsservices\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fpocf.org\/florida-legislature-reduces-bfp-funding-cuts-may-affect-programsservices\/\",\"name\":\"Florida Legislature Reduces BFP Funding - Cuts May Affect Programs\/Services - Family Partnerships of Central Florida\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fpocf.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-05-10T17:28:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fpocf.org\/#\/schema\/person\/08cef44e9473ac23a4ed363593203c3a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fpocf.org\/florida-legislature-reduces-bfp-funding-cuts-may-affect-programsservices\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fpocf.org\/florida-legislature-reduces-bfp-funding-cuts-may-affect-programsservices\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fpocf.org\/florida-legislature-reduces-bfp-funding-cuts-may-affect-programsservices\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/fpocf.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Florida Legislature Reduces BFP Funding &#8211; 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