Division of the Budget
Landon State Office Building Phone: (785) 296-2436
900 SW Jackson Street, Room 504 adam.c.proffitt@ks.gov
Topeka, KS 66612 Division of the Budget http://budget.kansas.gov
Adam Proffitt, Director Laura Kelly, Governor


February 16, 2023


The Honorable Susan Concannon, Chairperson
House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 152-S
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Representative Concannon:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for HB 2371 by House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster
Care
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2371 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
HB 2371 would limit the number of cases of children in need of care assigned to case
managers. The bill would require the maximum number of out-of-home cases not to exceed 18,
except for temporary staffing vacancies or to keep sibling groups with the same case manager.

Estimated State Fiscal Effect
FY 2023 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2024
SGF All Funds SGF All Funds
Revenue -- -- -- --
Expenditure -- -- $4,480,444 $5,162,397
FTE Pos. -- -- -- --
The Department for Children and Families (DCF) indicates that HB 2371 would have a
fiscal effect on the expenditures of the agency. In the current foster care case management grants,
out-of-home case managers are not to carry more than 30 cases. All Case Management Providers
(CMPs) are operating with caseloads lower than the current 30 case maximum. The table below
details by area and provider the additional staff that would be needed to achieve the 18-case
maximum when compared to their current FY 2023 reported caseloads. In order to comply with
the bill, DCF would need funding to increase CMP staffing for out of home case managers by
approximately 25.0 percent.
The Honorable Susan Concannon, Chairperson
Page 2—HB 2371

Area & FY 2024 Estimated Current CMP FTEs to Achieve Additional CMP
Providers Monthly Caseload Caseloads FTEs 18 Case Max Positions Needed
Area 1 - SFM 734 32 41 9
Area 2 - SFM 877 38 49 11
Area 3 - KVC 792 38 44 6
Area 4 - TFI 699 28 39 11
Area 5 - CoC 576 38 32 0
Area 6 - KVC 532 25 30 4
Area 7 - SFM 1346 48 75 27
Area 8 - TFI 529 23 29 6
FTE’s 271 338 74
Current salary for a licensed social worker is $45,000 plus benefits and other operating
costs. The cost for 74 social workers plus benefits and operating expenses for these staff is
represented below:
Item FY 2024
Expenditures
Salaries and Benefits $4,440,046
Other Operating Expenditures $ 722,351
Total $5,162,397
Financing
State General Fund $4,480,444
Federal Funds $ 681,953
Total $5,162,397
This cost would be granted out to the current Child Welfare CMPs if received, therefore
no positions are requested. DCF’s CMP costs are a subset of the foster care budget which is
reviewed every six months in the consensus caseload process. Any fiscal effect associated with
HB 2371 is not reflected in The FY 2024 Governor’s Budget Report.


Sincerely,

Adam Proffitt
Director of the Budget

cc: Kim Holter, Department for Children & Families