Bill > S1428

This bill appropriates additional funds totaling $20,862,800 to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2027, covering the period from July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027. * **Division of Early Learning and Development:** Receives $4,842,800 from the Cooperative Welfare (General) Fund and the Cooperative Welfare (Federal) Fund for various programs, including trustee and benefit costs, personnel expenditures, operating expenditures, and capital outlay. This division is also authorized to add 8.00 full-time equivalent positions. * **Idaho Child Care Program:** Receives $16,000,000 from the Cooperative Welfare (Federal) Fund for trustee and benefit costs, personnel expenditures, operating expenditures, and capital outlay. Additionally, up to $14,000,000 in unexpended balances from fiscal year 2026 are reappropriated for nonrecurring expenditures. Funds are prioritized for expanding child care capacity, with specific set-asides for home-based care, out-of-school programs, and underserved children, and restrictions on how funds can be used. * **Southwest Idaho Treatment Center:** Receives $20,000 from the Cooperative Welfare (Dedicated) Fund and the Cooperative Welfare (Federal) Fund for trustee and benefit costs and personnel expenditures. * **Division of Youth Safety and Permanency:** Receives $681,900 from the Cooperative Welfare (General) Fund for youth safety and permanency initiatives, and foster and assistance payments. * **Division of Family and Community Partnerships:** Receives $180,000 from the Cooperative Welfare (Federal) Fund for operating expenditures related to the Kinship Navigation Grant. * **Idaho Home Visiting Program:** The Department of Health and Welfare is required to report on the outcomes and return on investment for this program by December 31, 2026. * **Transfer Limitation Exemptions:** The Division of Early Learning and Development and the Division of Youth and Safety and Permanency are granted exemptions from certain transfer limitations for personnel costs and trustee and benefit payments for fiscal year 2027. The Division of Youth Safety and Permanency is also exempted from unlimited transfers into the Southwest Idaho Treatment Center Program for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

Budget and Finance, Justice

Finance Committee (Senate)

https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1428/