Vote — approved

Thomas Galvin	yes
Kate Brophy McGee	yes
Mark Stewart	yes
Debbie Lesko	yes
Steve Gallardo	yes

Ayes: Thomas Galvin, Kate Brophy McGee, Mark Stewart, Debbie Lesko, Steve Gallardo

Item Text

49. ACCEPT STATE AID TO JUVENILE DEPENDENCY FUNDS AND APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT Approve the acceptance of State Aid to Juvenile Dependency Funds from the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC) in the amount not to exceed $250,000. Pursuant to A.R.S. §41-2410(A) appropriations from the State Aid for Juvenile Dependency Proceedings Fund shall be used to provide state aid to county public defenders, legal defenders, and contract counsel for the processing of juvenile dependency cases. This funding is reoccurring and has not been awarded to Public Defense Services in the past. Pursuant to A.R.S. §41-17106(B), approve the following amendments to the FY2026 budget: a) Increase the revenue and expenditure authority in the Office of Public Defense Services (D560) Public Defender Grants Fund (233) Operating (OPER) in the amount of $250,000. State legislative appropriations are not local revenues for the purpose of the constitutional expenditure limitation and, therefore, expenditure of the funds is not prohibited by the budget law. The approval of this action does not alter the budget constraining the expenditures of local revenues duly adopted by the Board pursuant to A.R.S. §42-17105. There are no in-kind match requirements and requires no ongoing cash contributions. Indirect costs are not applicable. The state aid is for mandated function of juvenile dependency representation. The state aid is no competitively bid. (C-56-26-001-X-00)