2007 Senate Bill 232 ↩

Senate Roll Call 261: Passed

The Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007-2008 Department of Human Services (Welfare) budget. This appropriates $4.504 billion in gross spending, compared to $4.468 billion, which was the FY 2006-2007 amount enrolled in 2006, and $4.454 billion proposed by Gov. Granholm (see <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2007-SB-256">Senate Bill 256</a>). Of this, $1.252 billion will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2006-2007 amount of $1.197 billion; $3.107 billion is federal revenue; and $141 million is other from other taxes and fees levied in Michigan. Notably, the budget includes a proposal to outsource to nonprofit organizations some of the foster care and juvenile justice functions the department is responsible for. In addition to increasing program spending less than the governor recommends, each Senate budget would require departments to reduce administrative costs by 1.2 percent.