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DocilSign Envelope lD: 58788836-[920-4 DA2-A3A3- 7/\DB6AA84 tJ0C B ecca Al localiorl_ P roqe gj;_ Each bienniurn, an appropriation is provided by the Washington State Legislature to the AOC to offset the costs associated with the processing ancl case management of Becca referrals. ln the 2023-202s Biennium, the appropriations equal $7 million per fiscal year. The Legislature also provides the following direction through budget proviso: "The administrator for the caufts, in conjunctian with the juvenile courl administrafots, shai/ develop an equitable funding distribution formults. The forrnula ntust neither rewarcJ counties wittt higher than average pcr- petition/referral processittg cosls nor shatl it penalize counties with lower than average per-petition/referraI processing cosfs. " Allocation of the funding is based on calendar year caseload ciata from each county for cHlNS, ARY, and rruarrcy filings. The cl".llNS and ARy filing data is available through the online caseloads of ilre courts of washington Reports. rhe source of 1-ruancy filings is a query from the JLrdiciai lnformation System (JlS)/EDR Slatewide cJatabase arrd limited to 0-.16 year- olcls. The AOC Comptroller nraintains an allocatiorr spreaclsheet. The calculation is as follows:. sums three years of cHINS ancl AlRy filings and calculates a percentage of tlre total for each county.. sums three years of rruancy filings limited to 0-16-year-olds and calculates a percentage of the total for eaclr county. ' Applies a weighted allocation to the total funding, 46 percent 6f 1re Ct"llNS and ARY / 54 percent of the Truancy filings. Allocate s the total available furrdirrg based upon the weiglrted aliocation percentage.. A snrall county basc is established at $5,000. where counties,weighted allocation results in less than gS,000 for the fiscal year, then those allocations are set at $5,000 and all other courrtics' weighted allocations are lowered to cover the small county base.. Additionally, for FY 2a24, acijustments v/ere made to the fornrula inresponse to the impacts of the covlD jg panclenric orr case filings. Theadjustnrents were to excrude 20za and 202.1 filings and implem.it u spercent stop-loss. Tlrese changes were recornmendcd by the washrngtonAssociation of Juvenire court Administrators and approvecr by the st,t6Courl Administrator' The recommendalion is irrcluded as an attaclrment totlrese guidelines. BECCA Guidetirres 7 lZ0Z3 5 tAA24306