Department of Social and Health Services - Economic Services Administration
| Average Annual FTEs | Near General Fund State | Other Funds | Total Funds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Dollars in Thousands) | ||||
| Current Budget | 4,192.5 | 1,451,228 | 1,701,984 | 3,153,212 |
| 2025-27 Maintenance Level | 4,201.1 | 1,640,937 | 1,611,572 | 3,252,509 |
| Difference from 2025-27 Original | 8.6 | 189,709 | (90,412) | 99,297 |
| % Change from 2025-27 Original | 0.21% | 13.1% | (5.3%) | 3.1% |
2025 Policy Other Changes |
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| Federal Funding Adjustment | 0.0 | 0 | 341,322 | 341,322 |
| Mainframe as a Serv. M&O Additions | 0.0 | 1,618 | 1,378 | 2,996 |
| Asset Verification System | 1.4 | 1,140 | 1,141 | 2,281 |
| Suquamish Tribal TANF MOE | 0.0 | 0 | 884 | 884 |
| CSO Safety & Security Improvements | 0.0 | 1,133 | 463 | 1,596 |
| ACES M&O Base Funding | 0.0 | 15,228 | 14,131 | 29,359 |
| IE&E- CMS Rules & Status Tracker | 28.1 | 12,032 | 23,756 | 35,788 |
| Savings- Administrative | (12.0) | (1,962) | (1,256) | (3,218) |
| Unintentional Overpayments | (0.1) | 308 | 0 | 308 |
| Supporting SNAP Tribal Expansion | 1.7 | 355 | 465 | 820 |
| Report Self-Employed Workers to DCS | 0.80 | 85 | 166 | 251 |
| CS Pass-Through Implementation | (1.1) | 13,760 | 6,945 | 20,705 |
| Eliminate ABD Recoveries | (2.8) | 66,322 | 0 | 66,322 |
| Underspend - CEAP | 0.0 | (800) | 0 | (800) |
| Underspend- Working Family Support | 0.0 | (800) | 0 | (800) |
| Underspend- Incapacity Exams | 0.0 | (2,000) | 0 | (2,000) |
| Underspend- WorkFirst Services | 0.0 | (4,000) | 0 | (4,000) |
| Refugees - Subrecipient Monitoring | 3.0 | 0 | 806 | 806 |
| SNAP Natl Accuracy Clearing House | 2.4 | 572 | 572 | 1,144 |
| Summer EBT Contractor Cost | 0.0 | 4,428 | 4,430 | 8,858 |
| Supports for Unaccompanied Children | 0.50 | 500 | 0 | 500 |
| Continuing ORIA Support Services | 5.0 | 25,000 | 0 | 25,000 |
| 2025 Policy Other Changes Total | 26.9 | 132,919 | 395,203 | 528,122 |
2025 Policy Comp Changes |
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| WFSE General Government | 0.0 | 28,509 | 0 | 28,509 |
| Non-Rep General Wage Increase | 0.0 | 5,154 | 0 | 5,154 |
| Updated PEBB Rate | 0.0 | (1,302) | 0 | (1,302) |
| PERS & TRS Plan 1 Benefit Increase | 0.0 | 517 | 0 | 517 |
| Pension Benefit Amortization | 0.0 | (1,873) | 0 | (1,873) |
| 2025 Policy Comp Changes Total | 0.0 | 31,005 | 0 | 31,005 |
| Total Policy Changes | 26.9 | 163,924 | 395,203 | 559,127 |
| 2025-27 Policy Level | 4,228.0 | 1,804,861 | 2,006,775 | 3,811,636 |
| Difference from 2023-25 | 35.5 | 353,633 | 304,791 | 658,424 |
| % Change from 2025-27 Original | 0.85% | 24.4% | 17.9% | 20.9% |
Policy Changes
Federal Funding Adjustment
Funding is provided to adjust expenditure authority to reflect current estimates of federal revenue, including one-time grants for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Process Technology Improvements, Electronic Healthy Incentive Project, and Office of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance (ORIA) Federal Emergency Management Agency Shelter and Services. (General Fund - Federal, General Fund - Local CRC Oregon, General Fund - Medicaid Federal, other funds)
Mainframe as a Serv. M&O Additions
Additional funding is provided for the Automated Client Eligibility System (ACES) Mainframe as a Service IT project to cover increased vendor costs that were not previously identified. The additional services are necessary to support the maintenance and operations of the ACES mainframe hardware. (General Fund - Federal, General Fund - Medicaid Federal, General Fund - State, other funds)
Asset Verification System
Funding is provided for the completion of the Asset Verification System (AVS) IT project. The project will fully integrate the AVS into ACES to move toward automated asset verification during Medicaid eligibility determinations. (General Fund - Federal, General Fund - State)
Suquamish Tribal TANF MOE
Funding is provided to the Suquamish Tribe to implement a Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Tribal program. (General Fund - Federal Dedicated, General Fund - Temporary Assist for Needy Families)
CSO Safety & Security Improvements
Funding is provided to improve the safety and security at Community Service Offices, including the installation and monitoring of duress buttons, increased security officers, and staff travel costs associated with attending active threat and de-escalation training. (General Fund - Federal, General Fund - Medicaid Federal, General Fund - State, other funds)
ACES M&O Base Funding
Funding is provided to cover a shortfall identified in the base budget for the maintenance and operations of ACES and to cover increased vendor costs for additional services necessary to support the stability of ACES. (General Fund - Federal, General Fund - Medicaid Federal, General Fund - State, other funds)
IE&E- CMS Rules & Status Tracker
Funding is provided for the continuation of the Integrated Eligibility and Enrollment project, including contractor and staffing costs associated with aligning eligibility rules with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services' regulations and the completion of the comprehensive application and benefit tracker. (General Fund - Cash, General Fund - Medicaid Federal, General Fund - State, other funds)
Savings- Administrative
Funding and FTE staff are reduced to reflect position vacancy administrative savings. (General Fund - Cash, General Fund - Local CRC Oregon, General Fund - Medicaid Federal, other funds)
Unintentional Overpayments
Funding is provided to allow the Economic Services Administration to waive the collection of overpayments for Aged, Blind or Disabled (ABD) program cash benefits when the overpayment was caused by an unintentional error. This waiver becomes effective July 1, 2025. (General Fund - State)
Supporting SNAP Tribal Expansion
Funding is provided for staffing, system enhancements, and other Tribal costs associated with the expansion of SNAP Tribal Eligibility Determination Project to an additional five Tribes. This project allows participating Tribes the ability to design and operate appropriate, culturally relevant programs directly to their Tribal members with the intent of increasing access to food assistance within their communities. (General Fund - Federal, General Fund - State)
Report Self-Employed Workers to DCS
Funding is provided for system enhancements and the staffing necessary to establish a reporting requirement to the Division of Child Support for anyone who hires contractors or subcontractor that they pay $600 or more to within a given year. Currently, the law requires employers to report new hires to the Division of Child Support, but it does not require anyone to report when they hire a contractor or subcontractor. With this information, the Division of Child Support will have greater opportunities to collect child support for children. This policy would become effective January 1, 2027. (General Fund - Family Support/Child Welfare, General Fund - State)
CS Pass-Through Implementation
Funding is provided for the implementation of chapter 174, Laws of 2024 (Concerning child support pass through). Beginning January 1, 2026, the Division of Child Support must pass through to families receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) all current child support collected on behalf of the family each month. Child support passed through to the family must be disregarded and not counted as income when determining TANF eligibility and the amount of assistance. (General Fund - Federal Dedicated, General Fund - State, General Fund - Temporary Assist for Needy Families, other funds)
Eliminate ABD Recoveries
Funding is provided for the implementation of chapter 289, Laws of 2023 (Relating to accelerating stability for people with a work-limiting disability or incapacity). This eliminates the department's garnishment of a portion of the Social Security Income (SSI) lump-sum payment received by recipients of the ABD program, effective October 1, 2025. Recipients will no longer have to pay back ABD cash benefits received during months in which they also received a backdated SSI payment. (General Fund - State)
Underspend - CEAP
Funding is reduced to align with projected under expenditures of the Consolidated Emergency Assistance Program. (General Fund - State)
Underspend- Working Family Support
Funding is reduced to align with projected under expenditures of the Working Family Support program. (General Fund - State)
Underspend- Incapacity Exams
Funding is reduced to align with projected under expenditures of incapacity exams for the ABD program. (General Fund - State)
Underspend- WorkFirst Services
Funding is reduced to align with projected under expenditures of WorkFirst services. (General Fund - State)
Refugees - Subrecipient Monitoring
Funding is provided to the Office of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance (ORIA) and Division of Finance and Financial Resources for additional staffing to manage fiscal and program monitoring required under the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement's Refugee and Entrant Assistance federal funding award. (General Fund - Federal)
SNAP Natl Accuracy Clearing House
Funding is provided to the Economic Services Administration to implement a federally mandated interstate data matching system for SNAP by May of 2026. The funding covers IT enhancements and staffing. (General Fund - Federal, General Fund - State)
Summer EBT Contractor Cost
Funding is provided to cover the expected increase and extension in vendor costs associated with the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) program. The increase in vendor costs is for the issuance of EBT cards to a projected growth in eligible households, and the extension of funding allows the Economic Services Administration to work with a third-party vendor to administer the program for an additional year, through March of 2026. (General Fund - Federal, General Fund - State)
Supports for Unaccompanied Children
One-time funding is provided for supports for unaccompanied immigrant children and their sponsors. (General Fund - State)
Continuing ORIA Support Services
Funding and staffing are provided to ORIA to offer expanded support services for individuals newly arriving to the United States who do not qualify for federal refugee resettlement program services. Supports include, but are not limited to, housing, immigration-related legal services, case management, and navigation assistance. (General Fund - State)
WFSE General Government
Funding for bargaining includes a 3%/2% general wage increase, targeted job classification increases, wildfire disaster leave, expanded bereavement leave, and paid vaccine travel time during pandemic emergencies. The agreement also includes: an additional $1 per hour supplemental shift premium for eligible employees who are assigned to a facility that provides direct care to residents, patients, and/or clients and whose duties are performed on location on evenings and weekends; 5% premium pay for employees who are assigned to a 24/7 facility that provides direct care to residents, patients, at-risk youth, and/or clients and whose duties are required to be performed on location, which will be in effect for the 2025–27 biennium; three additional steps on the nurse salary schedule; and an increase to the annual lump-sum payment for employees in LNI risk codes 7200/7201 from $500 to $750. (General Fund - Local CRC Oregon, General Fund - Medicaid Federal, General Fund - State, other funds)
Non-Rep General Wage Increase
Funding is provided for wage increases for state employees who are not represented by a union or are not under a bargaining agreement that is subject to financial feasibility determination. It is sufficient for a general wage increase of 3%, effective July 1, 2025, and a general wage increase of 2%, effective July 1, 2026. This item includes both general government and higher education workers. (General Fund - Local CRC Oregon, General Fund - Medicaid Federal, General Fund - State, other funds)
Updated PEBB Rate
This item adjusts the employer funding rate for public employee insurance benefits to reflect policy-level decision packages. It increases the rate by $8 per month in the first fiscal year and decreases the rate by $34 per month in the second fiscal year, compared to the maintenance-level update, for a total rate of $1,315 in the first year and $1,355 in the second year. (General Fund - Local, General Fund - Private/Local, Traumatic Brain Injury Account - State, other funds)
PERS & TRS Plan 1 Benefit Increase
An adjustment is made for pension contribution rates, including to fund a benefit increase of 3%, up to a maximum of $110 per month for eligible Public Employees' and Teachers' Retirement Systems Plan 1 members. (General Fund - Cash, General Fund - Medicaid Federal, General Fund - State, other funds)
Pension Benefit Amortization
An adjustment is made to the base pension rates, as set out in a proposed bill addressing the calculation of the base rate for the 2025–27 biennium, as well as amortization of Plan 1 benefit increases. (General Fund - Local, General Fund - Private/Local, Traumatic Brain Injury Account - State, other funds)
