Child Welfare Trust

Official name: DHS-DCFS - Child Welfare Trust

Child Welfare Trust spent $350,000 in FY2026 — 71% of a $491,000 budget. It ranks 474 of the state's 587 budget accounts, less than 1% of all state spending.

That is 233% more than in FY2025 ($105,000), not adjusted for inflation.

Spent FY2026: $350 thousand$350,479
Budget FY2026: $491 thousandplus $201 thousand held in reserve
Share of budget spent: 71%Spent ÷ budget
Change from FY2025: +232.9%FY2025: $105 thousand

0.1% of Child and Family Services spending.

Spent each year, FY2006 onwards · dashed line: budgetBudget account 3242, looked up by its code in every year.

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Where the money went

Explore Child Welfare Trust by category: select a block to go a level deeper, or switch views. Totals leave out reserves, pass-through accounts and money paid on to other state accounts.

Budget vs spent, by category

2 categories. The largest, Refunds and Client Purchases, accounts for 100% of the total.

Categories of Child Welfare Trust, FY2026
Category	Spent FY2026	Budget FY2026	% of budget spent	Share
Refunds and Client Purchases14

Fiscal year	Spent	Budget
FY2006	$628 thousand	Not available
FY2007	$186 thousand	Not available
FY2008	$183 thousand	Not available
FY2009	$175 thousand	Not available
FY2010	$327 thousand	$779 thousand
FY2011	$43.2 thousand	$739 thousand
FY2012	$75.4 thousand	$83.5 thousand
FY2013	$180 thousand	$67.4 thousand
FY2014	$24.5 thousand	$95.2 thousand
FY2015	$265 thousand	$75.4 thousand
FY2016	$252 thousand	$115 thousand
FY2017	$217 thousand	$75.7 thousand
FY2018	$178 thousand	$245 thousand
FY2019	$211 thousand	$245 thousand
FY2020	$162 thousand	$205 thousand
FY2021	$136 thousand	$178 thousand
FY2022	$159 thousand	$210 thousand
FY2023	$187 thousand	$251 thousand
FY2024	$193 thousand	$313 thousand
FY2025	$105 thousand	$166 thousand
FY2026	$350 thousand	$491 thousand
FY2027	See note	$71.2 thousand

Fiscal year	Refunds and Client Purchases	Payments to B/A 3229	Budget
FY2006	$70.3 thousand	$126 thousand	—
FY2007	$68.9 thousand	$117 thousand	—
FY2008	$56.9 thousand	$126 thousand	—
FY2009	$21.8 thousand	$153 thousand	—
FY2010	$55.0 thousand	$272 thousand	$779 thousand
FY2011

Group	Revenue ledger	Legislature approved	Current budget
Ssa Reimbursement		$212 thousand	$295 thousand
OF	4216 Ssa Reimbursement	$212 thousand	$295 thousand
Everything else		$8.5 thousand	$17.7 thousand
OF	4326 Treasurer's Interest Distrib	$8.5 thousand	$17.7 thousand
Carried over from last year · not new money		$333 thousand	$379 thousand
BF	2511 Balance Forward From Previous Year

Step	Amount	Running total
Governor recommended	$265 thousand	$265 thousand
Changes made by the Legislature	−$194 thousand= $71.2K	$71.2 thousand
Legislature approved	$71.2 thousand	$71.2 thousand
Money carried over from earlier years	+$46.3 thousand= $118K	$118 thousand
Other changes after the session	+$373 thousand= $491K	$491 thousand
Current budget	$491 thousand	$491 thousand

Child Welfare Trust

Where the money went

Budget vs spent, by category

Over time

Who pays for it

How the FY2026 budget got here

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