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_ 350 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 268. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 will transfer these funds to the Department of Medical Assistance Services as they are needed to pay Medicaid provider claims. c. The non-Medicaid state pool allocation shall consist of $287,822,698 the first year and $287,822,698$406,798,571 the second year from the general fund and $8,419,998 the first year and $8,419,998$9,419,998 the second year from nongeneral funds. The nongeneral funds shall be transferred from the Department of Social Services. d. The Office of Children's Services, with the concurrence of the Department of Planning and Budget, shall have the authority to transfer the general fund allocation between the Medicaid and non-Medicaid state pools in the event that a shortage should exist in either of the funding pools. e. The Office of Children's Services, per the policy of the State Executive Council, shall deny state pool funding to any locality not in compliance with federal and state requirements pertaining to the provision of special education and foster care services funded in accordance with § 2.2-5211, Code of Virginia. f. Of the amounts in paragraph B.1.c., the Director, Office of Children's Services, shall allocate up to $2,200,000 the first year and $2,200,000 the second year from the general fund to localities for wrap-around services for students with disabilities as defined in the Children's Services Act policy manual. 2.a. Out of this appropriation, $55,666,865$92,709,588 the first year and $55,666,865 the second year from the general fund and $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 the second year from nongeneral funds shall be set aside to pay for the state share of supplemental requests from localities that have exceeded their state allocation for mandated services. The nongeneral funds shall be transferred from the Department of Social Services. b. In each yearthe first year, the director of the Office of Children's Services may approve and obligate supplemental funding requests in excess of the amount in 2a above, for mandated pool fund expenditures up to 10 percent of the total general fund appropriation authority in B1a in this Item. c. The State Executive Council shall maintain local government performance measures to include, but not be limited to, use of federal funds for state and local support of the Children's Services Act. d. Pursuant to § 2.2-5200, Code of Virginia, Community Policy and Management Teams shall seek to ensure that services and funding are consistent with the Commonwealth's policies of preserving families and providing appropriate services in the least restrictive environment, while protecting the welfare of children and maintaining the safety of the public. Each locality shall submit to the Office of Children's Services information on utilization of residential facilities for treatment of children and length of stay in such facilities. By December 15 of each year, the Office of Children's Services shall report to the Governor and Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees on utilization rates and average lengths of stays statewide and for each locality. 3. Each locality receiving funds for activities under the Children's Services Act (CSA) shall have a utilization management process, including a uniform assessment, approved by the State Executive Council, covering all CSA services. Utilizing a secure electronic site, each locality shall also provide information as required by the Office of Children's Services to include, but not be limited to case specific information, expenditures, number of youth served in specific CSA activities, length of stay for residents in core licensed residential facilities, and proportion of youth placed in treatment settings suggested by the uniform assessment instrument. The State Executive Council, utilizing this information, shall track and report on child specific outcomes for youth whose services are funded under the Children's Services Act. Only non-identifying demographic, service, cost and outcome information shall be released publicly. Localities requesting funding from the set aside in paragraph 2.a. and 2.b. must demonstrate compliance with all CSA provisions to receive pool funding. 4. The Secretary of Health and Human Resources, in consultation with the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, shall direct the actions for the Departments of Social Services, Education, and Juvenile Justice, Medical Assistance