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_ 471 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 327. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 B of this Item shall be considered part of the Commonwealth's required Maintenance of Effort spending for the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program established by the Social Security Act. D. The department shall expand collections of child support payments through contracts with private vendors. However, the Department of Social Services and the Office of the Attorney General shall not contract with any private collection agency, private attorney, or other private entity for any child support enforcement activity until the State Board of Social Services has made a written determination that the activity shall be performed under a proposed contract at a lower cost than if performed by employees of the Commonwealth. E. The Division of Child Support Enforcement, in cooperation with the Department of Medical Assistance Services, shall identify cases for which there is a medical support order requiring a noncustodial parent to contribute to the medical cost of caring for a child who is enrolled in the Medicaid or Family Access to Medical Insurance Security (FAMIS) Programs. Once identified, the division shall work with the Department of Medical Assistance Services to take appropriate enforcement actions to obtain medical support or repayments for the Medicaid program. The Department of Social Services shall submit a report on the number of identified cases and the enforcement actions taken to the Governor, the Chairs of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees, and Director, Department of Planning and Budget by September 1 each year. F. Out of this appropriation, $35,554,137 the first year and $15,920,461 the second year from nongeneral funds is appropriated to support the design, development, and implementation of a modernized child support technology system. 328. Adult Programs and Services (46800) $62,727,762 $62,727,762 Auxiliary Grants for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled (46801) $40,898,009 $40,898,009 Adult In-Home and Supportive Services (46802) $6,822,995 $6,822,995 Domestic Violence Prevention and Support Activities (46803) $15,006,758 $15,006,758 Fund Sources: General $45,522,734 $45,522,734 Federal Trust $17,205,028 $17,205,028 Authority: Title 63.2, Chapters 1, 16 and 22, Code of Virginia; Title XVI, federal Social Security Act, as amended. A.1. Effective January 1, 20242025, the Department of Social Services, in collaboration with the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, is authorized to base approved licensed assisted living facility rates for individual facilities on an occupancy rate of 85 percent of licensed capacity, not to exceed a maximum rate of $2,079$2,103 per month, which rate is also applied to approved adult foster care homes, unless modified as indicated below. The department may add a 15 percent differential to the maximum amount for licensed assisted living facilities and adult foster care homes in Planning District Eight. 2. Effective January 1, 2024, the monthly personal care allowance for auxiliary grant recipients who reside in licensed assisted living facilities and approved adult foster care homes shall be $87 per month, unless modified as indicated below. 3. The Department of Social Services, in collaboration with the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, is authorized to increase the assisted living facility and adult foster care home rates and/or the personal care allowance cited above on January 1 of each year in which the federal government increases Supplemental Security Income or Social Security rates or at any other time that the department determines that an increase is necessary to ensure that the Commonwealth continues to meet federal requirements for continuing eligibility for federal financial participation in the Medicaid program. Any such increase is subject to the prior concurrence of the Department of Planning and Budget. Within thirty days after its effective date, the Department of Social Services shall report any such increase to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees with an explanation of the reasons for