Accounting
The Accounting unit handles all general accounting functions of the Department. These functions include accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, leave accounting and general ledger management. The Accounting unit is charged with management of the Department's Restitution Tracking System. Managers within the Accounting unit also provide supporting documentation for preparation of the Department's budget as well as participate in the forecasting of expenditures and revenue attainment.
Budget
The Budget unit is responsible for developing, maintaining and monitoring a fiscal plan to achieve the departmental goals while conforming to the policies and procedures established by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), Department of Legislative Services (DLS) and other relevant control agencies. Budget development is coordinated through input from executive staff as well as managers throughout the Department. Monitoring of the budget is achieved through the review of procurement transactions, expenditure transactions and coordinated projection of all budget activity to comply with DBM requirements.
Grants
The Grants unit was developed to seek grant funding to support the programmatic and strategic needs of the Department. The unit has started to build partnerships and relationships with various businesses, foundations, and community-based organizations that will lead to two way funding streams. The unit will work with the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention (GOCCP) to access Juvenile Justice Federal Funds. The Grants unit will initiate a strategic funding plan to support expansion of evidence-based practices and community-based programming. The Grants unit will collaborate with DJS units responsible for developing new initiatives and help to identify funding for their specific program and strategic planning goals.
Youth Assistance
The Youth Assistance unit is responsible for maximizing federal financial participation (FFP) of the costs to maintain youth in out-of-home placements through the federal entitlement program, Title IV-E program. The unit also pursues FFP under the Maryland Medicaid Rehabilitative Services Program for the cost of treatment and counseling services provided to youth in group home and treatment foster care placements. The Youth Assistance unit implements the representative payee and child support initiatives to obtain federal benefits and parental support that supplement the cost of maintaining youth in out-of-home placement.
The unit works with courts and DJS Community Program staff to ensure Title IV-E findings are documented in removal orders and to ensure permanency hearings are held for DJS youth. The unit documents the process of determination of need for youth entering Medicaid Rehabilitation programs. The unit reviews medical bills for Medicaid coverage, and works with DHMH, Managed Care Organizations, and providers to resolve coverage issues.
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