Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability
Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability

Several Factors Likely Contributed to APD Funding Surplus in Fiscal Year 2004-05

Report 06-33, March 2006




Report Summary

  • The Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) experienced a substantial funding surplus in both the Developmental Disabilities Home and Community-Based Services Waiver ($58.4 million) and the Family and Supported Living Waiver ($25.4 million) programs in Fiscal Year 2004-05.
  • The agency primarily attributes the surplus in the Developmental Disabilities Home and Community-Based Services Waiver to its implementation of an automated system in July 2004 that screened claims from service providers before they were processed for payment. However, other factors, in addition to this system, likely contributed to the surplus. Most notably, the agency received an additional $20 million in appropriations to serve 571 more individuals but it subsequently did not increase the number of waiver recipients over the prior year. The surplus in the Family and Supported Living Waiver was due to the length of the enrollment process. The agency expects to have a $35.3 million surplus in Fiscal Year 2005‑06.
  • The agency needs to routinely conduct additional analyses that would enable it to assess the contribution of various factors, such as the Gatekeeper system, client attrition, prior service authorization, and the length of time taken to enroll and provide services to clients, in causing waiver funding surpluses. The Legislature should specifically require the agency to regularly report on projected funding surpluses or deficits.


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Copies of this report in print or alternate accessible format may be obtained by email OPPAGA@oppaga.fl.gov, telephone (850) 488-0021, or mail 111 W. Madison St., Room 312 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1475.
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