4300 Department of Developmental Services
Budget-Balancing Reductions
  • The Budget includes General Fund reductions of $1.8 million and 7.0 positions in 2007-08 and $286.4 million and 34.3 positions in 2008-09.

  • A portion of the state Developmental Center budget, $150.7 million, is exempt from the budget balancing reductions because additional reductions could not be implemented without impacting the health and safety of residents.

  • The major budget balancing reductions include:

    A reduction of $235.1 million in 2008-09 through the extension of existing regional center cost containment measures, including rate freezes on targeted program categories, which are scheduled to sunset June 30, 2008.

    A reduction of $14.2 million in 2008-09 to freeze rates negotiated by regional centers for all provider types not yet frozen and to set limits on the rates for new providers with whom the regional centers may negotiate.

    A reduction of $11.7 million in 2008-09 by maintaining the current capacity at Porterville Developmental Center's Secure Treatment Program, which will generate savings by reducing staffing needs associated with the previously proposed 96-bed expansion.

    A reduction of $1.8 million and 7.0 positions in 2007-08 due primarily to a reduction in regional center community placement plan operations, a reduction in Porterville Developmental Center's Office of Protective Services, and a reduction in the Vendor Fiscal Audits program.

    A reduction of $0.8 million in 2008-09 to expand the Family Cost Participation Program (FCPP) by assessing a share of the cost of respite, day care, and camping services to parents of Early Start consumers and by expanding the share of cost scale so that families between 400 percent of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) and 500 percent of the FPL will pay 10 percent of the cost of these services and families at 2,000 percent of the FPL and above will pay 100 percent of the cost of these services.