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DocuSign Envelope ID: C6C7B351-OCC2-4ADA-92OA-F48362A2DO17 Becca Allocation Process Each biennium, an appropriation is provided by the WA State Legislature to the AOC to offset the costs associated with the processing and case management of Becca referrals. The appropriations are provided from the State General Fund (SGF) as proviso, and are partitioned by fiscal year. In the 2021-2023 Biennium, the amounts provided were $7 million per fiscal year. Allocation of the funding is based on caseload data from each county for CHINS, ARY, and Truancy filings. The CHINS and ARY filing data is available through the AOC online caseload reports. Truancy data is researched and uploaded by the AOC Comptroller. The AOC Comptroller maintains an allocation spreadsheet (model) that utilizes this caseload data to create a percentage of total statewide filings for each county, based on a moving average of three-year filings of each case type. After updated CHINS, ARY, and Truancy data is collected, the data is loaded into the model which in turn uses a formula to create the statewide percentages by county. The percentages are applied to the appropriation amount by fiscal year, thus producing the allocation amounts that are available to counties. The formula is developed according to provisions set forth in the 2021-2023 omnibus operating budget. Specifically the operating budget states, in part: "The administrator for the courts, in conjunction with the juvenile court administrators, shall develop an equitable funding distribution formula. The formula must neither reward counties with higher than average per- petition/referral processing costs nor shall it penalize counties with lower than average per-petition/referral processing costs." BECCA Guidelines 9/2021