2005 West Virginia Code - 5-26-5. — Powers and duties relating to funding and budgetary needs for children and families.

§5-26-5. Powers and duties relating to funding and budgetary needs for children and families.

(a) The cabinet shall analyze the budgets of the departments of state government to the extent that they address or impact upon programs and services for children and families, review budgetary needs and revenue sources, and make recommendations regarding the governor's proposed budget and the redirection of resources. In making such recommendations, the cabinet shall educate themselves on the availability of and eligibility for federal, local and private funding, with the goal of maximizing federal, local and private revenues for use in areas directly benefitting children and families.
(b) Any legislative recommendation shall be accompanied by a proposal or plan for sufficient funding. In exploring all aspects of funding possibilities, the cabinet shall consider innovative, flexible funding such as interagency funding, joint funding pools, interagency reimbursement, and funding by the families serviced based on ability to pay.
(c) The cabinet shall develop fiscal incentives for the establishment of family resource networks and for programs resulting in substantial cost savings, such as programs which keep children at home and which thereby avoid unnecessary out-of-home care. Any savings resulting from the coordination of programs and services for children and families shall be reinvested for expenditure in areas directly benefitting children and families.