The Texas State Budget: Bringing it Home to Dallas/Collin/Denton Counties November 29, 2006

1. The Texas State Budget:Bringing it Home to Dallas/Collin/Denton CountiesNovember 29, 2006 Eva DeLuna Castro, Senior Budget AnalystCenter for Public Policy Priorities deluna.castro@cppp.org

2. Presentation Outline • What the state budget does for Texas, and for Dallas/Collin/Denton Counties specifically • What can be done to increase state support for efforts to address local needs

3. WHAT TEXAS SPENDS And How Much More It Would Cost to be “Average” State “Own Source” Budget, 2006-07: $94 Billion Texas ranks 50th in state spending and taxes per capita. If state spending per Texan equaled the U.S. average, this budget would increase to $142 billion

4. State Government Spending in Tri-County Area, 2005(Tri-County = Dallas/Collin/Denton) Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, County Expenditures

5. State Spending, After Adding K-12 Federal Funds Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, County Expenditures

6. Local Public School Districts Dallas County: 216,828 female students enrolled in 2005-06 (49% of all students); school districts employ almost 20,900 women teachers (76% of teachers) Collin County: 63,607 (49%) female student body; almost 7,400 female teachers (82% of teachers) Denton County: 44,989 (48%) female student body; almost 5,300 female teachers (80%)

7. Educational Enrollment of Females, 2005 (Age 3+) Totals: almost 477,000 in school; 1.2 million not enrolled Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2005 American Community Survey

8. Females’ Median Earnings by Educational Attainment, 2005(Age 25+) Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2005 American Community Survey

9. State Spending, With HHSC Federal Funds Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, County Expenditures

10. Medicaid a Critical Part of Health Care Safety Net, Especially for Female Adults

11. Dallas/Collin/Denton County Medicaid & CHIPEnrollment Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

12. Texas Child Medicaid and CHIPEnrollment(Jan. 2002-October 2006) New, privatized system launched Sources: Enrollment from Texas Health and Human Services Commission; Uninsured from Census Bureau March Current Population Survey.

13. Women’s Health and Family Planning Medicaid Waiver • SB 747 by Senator John Carona: Texas Medicaid will provide basic medical check-ups and birth control services to women ages 18 and older, up to 185% of the poverty line ($2,559/month pre-tax income for a family of 3 in 2005). • Currently in Texas, working mothers must live at or below 23% of the poverty line to qualify for Medicaid (less than $308/month for a family of 3) and childless women can’t qualify atall – so the waiver could help many thousands of women who can’t get full Medicaid benefits. • Texas has the highest % of uninsured women 18-64 (29.3%) in the nation (U.S. average is 18.6%) • About 40% of Texas women live below 200% of poverty, and 52% of them are uninsured. • State still finalizing approval with federal officials; January 2007 is the tentative start-up date.

14. State Funding for Family ViolencePrograms

15. State Spending, With DADS Federal Funds Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, County Expenditures

16. State Spending, With Other HHS Federal Funds Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, County Expenditures

17. Funding for Women & Children’s Health Services

18. Family Planning Services in the State Budget

19. State Spending, With Federal Highway Funds Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, County Expenditures

20. Higher Ed: Minimal Federal Funds in State Budget Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, County Expenditures

21. Prison System Doesn’t Add Much in Federal Funds Either Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, County Expenditures

22. Workforce System Almost Entirely Federally Funded Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, County Expenditures

23. Other State Spending of Federal Funds, 2005 Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, County Expenditures

24. Recap: State & Federal Funding of State Govt. Services in Dallas/Denton/Collin Counties, 2005 Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, County Expenditures

25. Boosting Your Community’s Share of State Spending • In 2005, Dallas/Collin/Denton Counties accounted for 12% of state spending, but were home to 16% of the state’s residents (average per capita state spending: $2,300 in 2005, versus $3,016 for all Texas counties) • How to improve that statistic: • Work with legislators to see that state formulas to distribute federal funds (county allocations, rates, regional distributions) don’t put local service providers at a disadvantage • Make sure that eligible residents are being served by education and HHS programs • Understand what budget cuts (10% reduction proposals for 2008-09) will cost in lost funds and the services they provide

26. Texas State Budget Cycle April to June: Instructions for Agency Budget Requests Issued Even Years Two-Year Cycle Odd Years

27. Key Stages In January 2007 • Legislative Budget Board releases “starting point” for budget • Governor’s Budget Office may also release a detailed budget, mentioning his program initiatives • New Comptroller of Public Accounts will issue a revenue estimate for the 2008-2009 budget cycle; may also issue a new economic forecast that changes the revenue estimate for fiscal 2007 • House and Senate committee assignments will be made; House Appropriations and Senate Finance begin mark-up of budget bill

28. Digging a Hole: Special Session on School Finance Authorized Tax Cuts, But Didn’t Fully Pay For Them

29. More State Budget Information Legislative Budget Board, Top 100 Federal Funding Sources and Federal Funds Watch (newsletter): http://www.lbb.state.tx.us/Federal_Funds/Federal_Funds.htm Texas Fact Book http://www.lbb.state.tx.us/Fact_Book/Texas_Fact_Book_2006_0106.pdf Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Consolidated Budget for 2008-09: http://www.hhsc.state.tx.us/about_hhsc/finance/0809_Budget/MASTER_CONSOLIDATED_BUDGET_FY0809_101106.pdf Source: LBB, Top 100 Federal Funding Sources, April 2006.

30. How Else Can You Be Successful in Increasing Support for Services? • Build the case for local needs • American Community Survey and other Census Bureau data • Kids Count • Know what you’re up against (see: packet of CPPP publications)

31. Dallas/Collin/Denton Females by Age and Poverty Status, 2005 Poverty rates: 18.5% 13.1% 11.8% Dallas only: 24.1% 16.4% 13.1% Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2005 American Community Survey

32. Dallas/Collin/Denton Females by Citizen/Immigrant Status, 2005 Females under 18 Females 18 and Over Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2005 American Community Survey

33. Female unemployment up; poverty drop not that big for women who are single or have children over 5 Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000-2005 American Community Survey

34. Brand New: 2006 County-Level Data from CPPP Kids Count

36. Direct link: http://www.cppp.org/factbook06/

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