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_ 470 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 326. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 second year from the general fund shall be used to provide Child Protective Services (CPS) assessments and investigations in response to all reports of children born exposed to controlled substances regardless of whether the substance had been prescribed to the mother when she has sought or gained substance abuse counseling or treatment. H. Out of this appropriation, $594,713 the first year and $594,713 the second year from the general fund and $4,734,573 the first year and $4,734,573 the second year from nongeneral funds shall be provided to implement the Virginia Facilitated Enrollment Program. I. Out of this appropriation, $360,000 the first year and $360,000 the second year from the general fund shall be used to provide a bonus payment to local departments of social services not to exceed $250 for each time a new child enters foster care and is placed with a kinship foster parent or for a child currently in foster care who transitions from a non-kinship placement to the care of a kinship foster parent. Payments provided under the provisions of this paragraph shall not exceed $360,000 per year, in aggregate. J. Out of this appropriation, $7,310,288 the second year from the general fund and $6,482,709 the second year from nongeneral funds is provided to supplement existing support for employment and income verification services. The Department of Social Services shall investigate alternatives to its current employment and income verification services contract that may provide more cost-effective opportunities. This examination shall include, but not be limited to, an inventory of all potential providers of necessary data, the cost structure for obtaining data from potential providers, the feasibility of using data from potential providers, and the estimated cost of adding new providers to the agency's case management system as to prioritize free or low-cost providers. These alternatives shall be reported to the Chairs of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees, and the Director, Department of Planning and Budget, in a report due by November 1, 2025. Funding provided in this paragraph shall be unallotted by the Department of Planning and Budget until such time as DSS provides documentation of biennial contract costs. 327. Child Support Enforcement Services (46300) $805,337,239 $781,659,624 $785,703,563 $762,050,432 Support Enforcement and Collection Services (46301) $140,430,930 $141,753,315 $120,797,254 $122,144,123 Public Assistance Child Support Payments (46302) $11,000,000 $11,000,000 Non-Public Assistance Child Support Payments (46303) $653,906,309 $628,906,309 $653,906,309 $628,906,309 Fund Sources: General $14,202,181 $14,672,767 $14,202,181 $14,681,091 Special $705,277,067 $680,728,209 $698,732,508 $674,183,650 Federal Trust $85,857,991 $86,258,648 $72,768,874 $73,185,691 Authority: Title 20, Chapters 2 through 3.1 and 4.1 through 9; Title 63.2, Chapter 19, Code of Virginia; P.L. 104-193, as amended; P.L. 105-200, P.L. 106-113, Federal Code. A. Any net revenue from child support enforcement collections, after all disbursements are made in accordance with state and federal statutes and regulations, and after the state's share of the cost of administering the program is paid, shall be estimated and deposited into the general fund by June 30 of the fiscal year in which it is collected. Any additional moneys determined to be available upon final determination of a fiscal year's costs of administering the program shall be deposited to the general fund by September 1 of the subsequent fiscal year in which it is collected. B. In determining eligibility and amounts for cash assistance, pursuant to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Public Law 104-193, the department shall continue to disregard up to $100 per month in child support payments and return to recipients of cash assistance up to $100 per month in child support payments collected on their behalf. C. The state share of amounts disbursed to recipients of cash assistance pursuant to paragraph