Michigan Laws 722.953a – Annual report; reduction cost savings
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 722.953a
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Department: means the department of health and human services. See Michigan Laws 722.952
- Foster care: means a child's placement outside the child's parental home by and under the supervision of a child placing agency, the court, or the department. See Michigan Laws 722.952
(1) Beginning January 1, 2023, and annually each January 1 after that, the department must submit an annual report to the legislature and the house of representatives and senate appropriation committees on the department budget, that identifies the cost savings that occur due to reductions in foster youth in the foster care program and compares that number with the cost when the highest number of foster youth have been in the foster care system for the immediately preceding 10 years. The report must also include details of the department’s efforts to reinvest the cost savings identified in the report.
(2) The details of the department’s efforts required under subsection (1) must include, but are not limited to, information on all of the following reinvestment efforts:
(a) Prevention services.
(b) Permanency services.
(c) Adoption assistance.
(d) Safety assessments.
(e) Adoptive and foster family recruitment.
(f) Training.
(g) Caseworker bonuses.
(h) Wage increases.