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Child Protective Services/Foster Care Budget Cuts for 2004-05

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Eva DeLuna Castro /(512) 320-0222 x 103

June 6, 2003

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This Policy Page describes cuts in child welfare programs administered by the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, which will receive General Revenue funding of $484 million in the biennium that begins September 1st--down from $529 million in 2002-03, for an overall cut of 9 percent in GR funding.