The Texas State Budget: Bringing it Home to Dallas/Collin/Denton Counties November 29, 2006 Eva DeLuna Castro, Senior Budget Analyst Center for Public Policy Priorities

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

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

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

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

Local Public School Districts Dallas County: 216,828 female students enrolled in (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%)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 at all – so the waiver could help many thousands of women who can’t get full Medicaid benefits. –Texas has the highest % of uninsured women (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.

State Funding for Family Violence Programs

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

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

Funding for Women & Children’s Health Services

Family Planning Services in the State Budget

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

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

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

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

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

Recap: State & Federal Funding of State Govt. Services in Dallas/Denton/Collin Counties, 2005 State Funds Federal estimate K-12, Teacher Retirement$1.5 billion$412 million HHSC (Medicaid, CHIP, TANF, Food Stamps) $747 million$1.2 billion Aging & Disability$171 million$256 million Other HHS (FPS, DARS, State Health Svcs) $77 million$98 million Highways/State troopers$440 million$448 million Higher Education$655 million$13 million Prisons (TDCJ)$139 million$1 million Workforce Commission$48 million$351 million All Other$1.3 billion$207 million TOTAL$5.0 billion$3.0 billion Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, County Expenditures

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 ) will cost in lost funds and the services they provide

Texas State Budget Cycle September to December: Budget Recommendations Developed; Legislative Budget Estimates Issued February to April: House and Senate Budget Hearings, Mark-Up, and Conference Committee September: New Biennium Begins; Operating Budgets Prepared June to August: Strategic Plans and Budget Requests Due; Budget Hearings Held Even Years Two-Year Cycle Odd Years April to June: Instructions for Agency Budget Requests Issued

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 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

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

More State Budget Information Legislative Budget Board, Top 100 Federal Funding Sources and Federal Funds Watch (newsletter): Texas Fact Book Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Consolidated Budget for : _CONSOLIDATED_BUDGET_FY0809_ pdf Source: LBB, Top 100 Federal Funding Sources, April 2006.

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)

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

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

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

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

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