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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 407 102 PS 025 297 TITLE Children: Oklahoma's Investment in Tomorrow '95. INSTITUTION Associations in Multicultural and International Education, Chicago, IL. PUB DATE 95 NOTE 139p. PUB TYPE Reports Descriptive (141) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC06 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Budgeting; Budgets; Child Advocacy; *Child Health; Child Welfare; Childhood Needs; *Children; Cost Estimates; *Expenditures; Family Needs; Family Programs; *Program Budgeting; *Resource Allocation; State Government; *State Programs IDENTIFIERS *Oklahoma ABSTRACT This annual children's programs budget report provides a baseline of expenditures for state programs serving Oklahoma children and their families. The current report covers expenditures for fiscal years 1993-1995, current budgets for fiscal year 1996, and budget requests for fiscal year 1997. The introductory section briefly describes a history of the children's budget, assumptions, and the issues used to divide programs. The next section categorizes individual programs as related to the following eleven issues: (1) positive family life; (2) responsible parenthood; (3) positive youth development; (4) child care in Oklahoma; (5) healthy (6) promoting positive mental health; lifestyles; (7) schools and communities (8) basic needs within communities; together for kids; (9) public and private leadership for children; (10) Oklahoma Awareness; and (11) prevention. The third section presents a 3-year budget history, current budget for fiscal year 1996, and budget requests for fiscal year 1997 from each agency. The fourth section lists program descriptions and contact people, along with addresses and phone numbers. The appendices include a bibliography and a copy of the form used to collect information for the report. Contains 24 references. 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Office of Planning and Coordinating for Services to Children and Youth Children: Oklahoma's Investment in Tomorrow '95 PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) gi."11"r4' ...---"+00 BEST COPY AVAILABLE Children: Oklahoma's Investment in Tomorrow '95 Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth Office of Planning and Coordinating for Services to Children and Youth 4545 N. Lincoln Boulevard Suite 114 Oklahoma City, OK 73105 Frank Keating Governor Thomas S. Kemper, Director Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth Deborah S. Redwine Sue D. Brock Sally E. Coppedge Office of Planning and Coordinating for Services to Children and Youth Mark A. Reynolds, Ed.D. Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Diane Lewis Office of State Finance Children: Oklahoma's Investment in Tomorrow '95, authorized by the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth, Thomas S. Kemper, Director, was printed by the University of Oklahoma Printing Services, at an approximate cost of $1,271 for 500 copies. Copies have been deposited with the Publications Clearinghouse of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 4 CONTENTS 5 INTRODUCTION 56 Department of Central Services About this Guide 6 Department of Agriculture 57 History of the Children's Budget 7 57 Conservation Commission 57 Department of Agriculture Assumptions 7 58 Department of Commerce A Snapshot of Oklahoma, 1995 9 Department of Commerce 58 11 CATEGORICAL SUMMARIES Department of Labor 58 12 Positive Family Life Department of Education 59 Responsible Parenthood 14 59 State Department of Education Department of Libraries 71 16 Positive Youth Development Department of Vocational and Technical Education 71 Child Care in Our Communities School of Science and Mathematics 18 71 State Arts Council 72 20 Healthy Lifestyles Department of Energy 73 Promoting Positive Mental Health 22 Department of Energy 73 School and Communities Together for Kids 24 Department of Health and Human Services 74 . 28 Basic Needs within Communities Children's Hospital 74 Department of Health 74 Public and Private Leadership for Children 30 . Department of Human Services 77 Department of Mental Health and Substance 32 Oklahoma Awareness 80 Abuse Services Department of Rehabilitation Services 81 . . . . 34 Prevention J.D. McCarty Center 83 Office of Juvenile Affairs 83 Oklahoma Commission on Children and 37 AGENCY BUDGETS BY CABINET 85 Youth Oklahoma Health Care Authority 38 88 Department of Administration Department of Human Resources 92 39 Department of Agriculture Office of Personnel Management 92 40 Department of Commerce Oklahoma Employment Security Commission 92 Department of Education 41 Department of Safety and Security 94 Department of Energy 44 94 Board of Medicolegal Investigations Department of Public Safety 94 Department of Health and Human Services 45 . Oklahoma Military Department 94 Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Department of Human Resources 49 Dangerous Drugs Control 95 50 Depaitnient of Safety and Security Department of Tourism and Recreation 96 . . . 52 Department of Tourism and Recreation 96 . . Department of Wildlife Conservation . 53 Department of Veteran Affairs Department of Veteran Affairs 97 All Cabinets 54 97 Department of Veteran Affairs PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS AND CONTACT 99 BIBLIOGRAPHY 55 PERSONS BY CABINET APPENDIX A: Office of State Finance Data Collection Department of Administration 56 102 Form 5 Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy, sweat will get you change. 6 Jesse Jackson Introduction 7 ABOUT THIS GUIDE Children: Oklahoma's Investment in Tomorrow including prevention, intervention, and treatment is an examination of past, current, and proposed for substance abuse and domestic violence. budgets. The current report covers expenditures for fiscal years 1993-1995, current budgets for fiscal SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES year 1996, and budget requests for fiscal year 1997. TOGETHER FOR KIDS These programs This report is divided into five sections: primarily address the following three areas: (1) Introduction, Categorical Summaries, Agency community-based services through schools, (2) Budget Summaries by Cabinet, Contact Person and alternative education programs focusing on Program Descriptions and Bibliography. children with special learning needs, and (3) programs geared to basic support and general The first section, the INTRODUCTION, briefly education for all youth. describes a history of the childrens budget, assumptions and the issues used to divide programs. BASIC NEEDS WITHIN COMMUNITIES Also included are a list of abbreviations and Poverty and income maintenance programs acronyms and a snapshot or brief overview of public which provide the basic needs of food, clothing, issues regarding children during 1995. and shelter are in this category. The second section, CATEGORICAL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LEADERSHIP FOR SUMMARIES, divides individual programs into the CHILDREN These programs serve an ten issues identified and defined in the State Plan administrative function, address funding and plus prevention. management of programs, or have a primary focus on interagency communication and POSITIVE FAMILY LIFE These programs collaboration on both a public and private level. affect family life and address the continuum of intervention, treatment, and support needed to OKLAHOMA AWARENESS These programs assure that a family cares for and nurtures its provide information and referral, general public children. Included in this category are child education, and programs geared to address abuse prevention, family support, child welfare, cultural and minority issues. foster care, and adoption. PREVENTION Programs listed in this section RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD These have a focus on primary prevention. Budget programs are designed to enhance parents' items were separated into this category to ability to raise their children to become emphasize that prevention is one of the primary responsible adults. strategies in the State Plan. These programs will also be listed under the appropriate issue area. POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT Programs providing a continuum of early The third section, AGENCY BUDGET intervention, treatment, diversion, employment, SUMMARIES BY CABINET, will present a and recreation services to all youth in Oklahoma three-year budget history, current budget for fiscal are included in this definition. These programs year 1996, and budget requests for fiscal year 1997 primarily serve older youth. from each agency. CHILD CARE IN OKLAHOMA Child care The fourth section, PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS issues such as day care, latch key programs, and AND CONTACT PERSONS BY CABINET, lists licensing is included in this category. program descriptions, contact people along with address and phone numbers. These descriptions are HEALTHY LIFESTYLES These programs brief due to space constraints. promote the optimum health and well-being of children and families through education, Finally, the appendices include a bibliography and psychosocial, and health services. copy of the form used to collect information for this report. PROMOTING POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH This category pertains to mental health services 8 6 HISTORY OF THE CHILDREN'S BUDGET solutions to maximize family services; 2. In 1988, the Price Waterhouse Corporation Strengthening community, family and individuals completed a comprehensive study of state and and; 3. Developing proactive communities. Each state-supported services to children and families in District as well as the Council, state a desired Oklahoma. This report included among its vision, identified barriers to achieving that vision, recommendations that Oklahoma develop an annual strategic directions, a five-year implementation time children's budget to highlight resources and services line, and implementation steps for one-year and for children and families across state agency lines. priority assignment. The first children's budget, published in 1990, highlighted expenditures for children's programs at Children: Oklahoma's Investment in Tomorrow, the request of then Governor Henry Bellmon. the annual childrens programs budget report, provides a baseline of expenditures for state A law was passed in 1991 which transferred the programs serving children and their families. This responsibility for the children's budget to the Office report continues to use the baseline organized by of State Finance and the Office of Planning and It provides a the ten categories defined in 1991. Coordinating at the Commission on Children and tracking of program expenditures and changes in Youth. The Office of State Finance collects, funding within each of the issue areas. compiles, and transfers the information to the Office of Planning and Coordinating which organizes and publishes the data in report form. ASSUMPTIONS The Office of Planning and Coordinating reviews budget requests to determine the extent of The definition of "children" refers to all children conformity with the established goals and objectives and youth between the ages of zero and 18, but of the 1992-1995 Children: Oklahoma's Gift to under some circumstances may extend to age 21. Tomorrow a State Plan for Services to Children, The age served by each agency varies. Youth and Families. Information on budget, clients served, and funding sources is presented in this report as Children: Oklahoma's Gift to Tomorrow, reported by each agency to the Office of State presented ten issues, each with goals and objectives Finance. designed to coordinate and improve services to Program descriptions are brief due to space children, youth, and families in Oklahoma. limitations; descriptions were extrapolated directly from information reported to the Office of State Childrens Agenda 2000, published January 1996, Finance. is the product of the second planning cycle. This The fiscal year (FY) for Oklahoma is July 1 publication presents the work of thirty district and through June 30. The federal fiscal year (FFY) is eight regional boards across the state working in October 1 through September 30. conjunction with the Oklahoma Planning and Adult programs included have either a direct Coordinating Council for Services to Children and effect on the lives of children, or program Youth. Implementation and evaluation of the State eligibility is based on the presence of children in Plan are an ongoing process with a blueprint for the home. development and implementation in each district. Many agencies serve adults as well as children. The Planning and Coordinating Council developed In these cases, expenditures for children were their plan to support, at the state policy and extrapolated from the total budget using a administrative levels, the districts' efforts. formula defined by the agency. Total expenditures for each agency are Three strategic directions are defined in the represented in all charts. This total includes Childrens Agenda 2000: 1. Creating collaborative 9 7 state appropriation, federal money, and other funds such as grants, donations, andjor fees. In some cases, incomplete data was submitted by the agency and analysis was performed using the available information. Data summaries are based on the assumption that correct information was given to OSF. The following is a list of abbreviations and acronyms used throughout this document: Aid to Families with Dependent Children AFDC Department of Agriculture AG State Arts Council ART Board of Medico legal Investigations BMI Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control BNDD Calendar Year January 1 - December 31 CY Childrens Agenda 2000 Agenda 2000 Children: Oklahoma's Gift to Tomorrow: A State Plan for Services to Children and Youth, 1992-1995 State Plan Children: Oklahoma's Investment in Tomorrow Childrens Budget Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training CLEET Conservation Commission CONS Child Welfare League of America CWLA Department of Central Affairs DCA Department of Human Services DHS Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services DMHSAS Department of Labor DOL Department of Public Safety DPS Department of Wildlife DW Division of Children and Family Services DCFS Early Periodic, Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment EPSDT Federal Fiscal Year October 1 - September 30 FFY J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental Disabilities J.D. McCarty Department of Commerce ODC Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth OCCY Oklahoma Employment Security Commission OESC Oklahoma Fiscal Year July 1 - June 30 FY Office of Handicapped Concerns OHC Oklahoma Health Care Authority HCA Oklahoma Highway Safety Office OHSO Office of Juvenile Affairs OJA Office of Personnel Management OPM Oklahoma State Department of Health OSDH Office of State Finance OSF State Department of Education SDE State Department of Libraries SDL School of Science and Mathematics SSM State Department of Tourism and Recreation TOUR Department of Veterans Affairs VET State Department of Vocational and Technical Education VO-TECH 10