1. Policy Impact Committee Update on 2018 Legislative Priorities
The Honorable Sandy Karlan &
Norín Dollard, Ph.D.
Department of Child & Family Studies
Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute
College of Behavioral & Community Sciences
Presented at the Florida Children and Youth Cabinet
June 26, Tampa, Florida

2. Recap
July 20, 2017 – the Children & Youth Cabinet agreed to three priority areas:
Early Childhood
Mental Health & Substance Abuse
Poverty

3. Fall of 2017
Policy Impact Committee convened a workgroup to 1.) review legislative priorities, 2.) identify gaps and opportunities, 3.) identify advocacy organizations working in these areas, and 4.) prepare recommendations for the full Cabinet to consider for endorsement

4. Recap (continued)
The Cabinet wrote letters endorsing LBRs and bills to legislators and committee chairs

5. Post – session
After the legislative session, the endorsed bills and bills reflecting the policy priorities were reviewed to see which were successful.

6. Substance Abuse & Mental Health wins
Agency
Request
Funded amount / # served
DOH
LBR Prescription Drug Monitoring
$1.2M
DJJ
LBR intensive mental health beds
$6.1M / 56 beds
DCF
Authority to draw down federal HHS Opioid State Target Response grant
$27M (recurring GTFT)
Substance abuse system of care enhancements
$14.6M
BH services for dually – served youth and families
$1.4M

7. Substance Abuse & Mental Health – did not progress
Agency
Request
DCF
Support the work and report from the Task Force on the Involuntary Examination of Minors
Florida Alliance for Healthy Communities
Florida Statewide Opioid Addiction Training and Community Prevention Education Program
Florida Alliance for Healthy Communities & Senator Montford
Amendment to above to add substance abuse workers and re-design of Healthy Start for pregnant women using drugs and new mothers with substance exposed newborns

8. Early Childhood Initiatives ‘wins’
Agency
Request
Funded amount / # served
OEL
LBR for Voluntary PreK
$398M including $1.6M to offset increased workload /169,000 children statewide
School readiness
Increase of $7M to serve additional 1,200 children statewide
Performance funding
$15.5M
DOH
Increased spending authority for Early Steps
$4.8M
DCF
Guardianship Assistanceship Program
$2.94M for start up in 4th quarter of SFY (General Revenue and Trust Fund)

9. Early Childhood Initiatives ‘wins’
Agency
Request
Funded amount / # served
GAL & First 1,000 Days Coalition
LBR for additional advocate positions for Early Childhood Court
Vetoed per Governor’s signing memo but there are funds for Specialty Courts in the budget
Children’s Forum
TEACH Early Childhood Scholarship Program
$10M
Florida Consortium of Advocates for Infants and Toddlers
Help Me Grow
$2.2M

10. Poverty – did not progress
Indicator
Data source
Year
APD
LBR to increase the waiver

11. Next steps?