Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
FY 2014-2015 Legislative Appropriations Request
Table of Contents

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Administrator’s Statement Pages 1-7 1-7
Organizational Chart   9
Summaries of Request:   ABEST Page # Page #
Summary of Base Request by Strategy 2.A. Pages 1-6 13-18
Summary of Base Request by Method of Finance (MOF) 2.B. Pages 1-28 19-46
Summary of Base Request by Object of Expense (OOE) 2.C. Page 1 47
Summary of Base Request – Objective Outcomes 2.D. Pages 1-2 49-50
Summary of Exceptional Items Request 2.E. Page 1 51
Summary of Total Request by Strategy 2.F. Pages 1-5 53-57
Summary of Total Request – Objective Outcomes 2.G. Pages 1-2 59-60
Strategy Request Schedules:
Goal-Obj-Strategy Strategy Description   ABEST Page # Page #
01-01-01 Early Childhood Intervention Services 3.A. Pages 1-6 63-68
01-01-02 ECI Respite Services 3.A. Pages 7-8 69-70
01-01-03 Ensure Quality ECI Services by Training, Evaluation, and Assistance 3.A. Pages 9-11 71-73
01-02-01 Habilitative Services for Blind and Visually Impaired Children 3.A. Pages 12-15 74-77
01-03-01 Autism Program 3.A. Pages 16-18 78-80
02-01-01 Independent Living Services-Blind 3.A. Pages 19-22 81-84
02-01-02 Blindness Education, Screening and Treatment (BEST) Program 3.A. Pages 23-24 85-86
02-01-03 Voc Rehab Services for Persons Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired 3.A. Pages 25-28 87-90
02-01-04 Provide Employment in Food Service Industry for Persons Who Are Blind 3.A. Pages 29-32 91-94
02-01-05 Admin Trust Funds for Retirement and Benefits Est & Nontransferrable 3.A. Pages 33-34 95-96
02-02-01 Contract Services for Persons Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing 3.A. Pages 35-38 97-100
02-02-02 Ensure the Quality of Programs through Education, Training, and Regulation 3.A. Pages 39-42 101-104
02-02-03 Ensure Telephone Access for Deaf and Persons with Other Disabilities 3.A. Pages 43-45 105-107
02-03-01 Rehabilitate and Place People with Disabilities in Competitive Employment 3.A. Pages 46-50 108-112
02-03-02 Work with Independent Living Centers and State Independent Living Council 3.A. Pages 51-53 113-115
02-03-03 Provide Consumer-driven Independent Living Services 3.A. Pages 54-57 116-119
02-03-04 Provide Services to People with Spinal Cord/Traumatic Brain Injuries 3.A. Pages 58-60 120-122
03-01-01 Determine Federal SSI and SSDI Eligibility 3.A. Pages 61-63 123-125
04-01-01 Central Program Support 3.A. Pages 64-67 126-129
04-01-02 Regional Program Support 3.A. Page 68-69 130-131
04-01-03 Other Program Support 3.A. Pages 70-72 132-134
04-01-04 Information Technology Program Support 3.A. Pages 73-75 135-137
Summary Summary Totals 3.A. Page 76 138
Rider Schedule:   ABEST Page # Page #
Rider Revisions and Additions Request 3.B. Pages 1-29 141-169
Sub-Strategy Request Schedules:
Goal-Obj-Strategy Sub-Strategy Description   ABEST Page # Page #
01-01-01-01 ECI Eligibility Awareness 3.D. Pages 1-3 173-175
01-01-01-02 ECI Eligibility Determination 3.D. Pages 4-5 176-177
01-01-01-03 Follow Along Services 3.D. Pages 6-7 178-179
01-01-01-04 Comprehensive Services 3.D. Pages 8-11 180-183
01-01-01-05 Medicaid Administrative Claiming 3.D. Pages 12-13 184-185
01-01-01-06 Medicaid SST 3.D. Pages 14-15 186-187
01-01-01-07 Medicaid TCM 3.D. Pages 16-17 188-189
02-02-02-01 Consumer and Interpreter Education 3.D. Pages 18-19 190-191
02-02-02-02 Interpreters Certification 3.D. Pages 20-21 192-193
Sub-Strategy Summary:
Goal-Obj-Strategy     ABEST Page # Page #
01-01-01 ECI Services 3.E. Page 1 195
02-02-02 Ensure the Quality of Programs through Education, Training and Regulation 3.E. Page 2 196
Exceptional Item Request Schedules   ABEST Page # Page #
Priority 1: Early Childhood Intervention Services – Fund ECI Forecasted Caseload 4.A. Page 1 199
Priority 2: ECI Services – Maintain Service Levels for Eligible Children 4.A. Page 2 200
Priority 3: Autism Program – Expand Autism Services in 4 New Areas 4.A. Page 3 201
Priority 4: Selected Programs (Vocational Rehabilitation-Blind, Business Enterprises of Texas (BET), Vocational Rehabilitation-General) – Match Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Grant Growth 4.A. Pages 4-5 202-203
Priority 5: Work with Independent Living Centers and State Independent Living Council – Expand Services by Centers for Independent Living (CIL) 4.A. Page 6 204
Priority 6: Ensure the Quality of Programs Through Education, Training, and Regulation – Expand Quality of Deaf or Hard of Hearing Programs through Education, Training, and Regulation 4.A. Page 7 205
Priority 7: Contract For Services for Persons Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing – Increase Resources Specialist Contractors 4.A. Page 8 206
Exceptional Items Strategy Allocation Schedule 4.B. Pages 1-9 207-215
Exceptional Items Strategy Request 4.C. Pages 1-9 217-225
Capital Budget Supporting Schedules   ABEST Page # Page #
Capital Budget Project Schedule 5.A. Pages 1-6 229-234
Capital Budget Project Schedule   Exceptional   Page 1 235
Capital Budget Project Information 5.B. Pages 1-6 237-242
Capital Budget Allocation to Strategies (Baseline) 5.C. Pages 1-4 243-246
Capital Budget Allocation to Strategies by Project (Exceptional) 5.C. Pages 1-4 243-246
Capital Budget Project Schedule – OOE and MOF Detail by Strategy 5.E. Pages 1-20 249-268
Supporting Schedules   ABEST Page # Page #
Historically Underutilized Business Supporting Schedules 6.A. Pages 1-2 271-272
Federal Funds Supporting Schedule 6.C. Pages 1-12 273-284
Federal Funds Tracking Schedule 6.D. Pages 1-13 285-297
Estimated Revenue Collections Supporting Schedule 6.E. Pages 1-12 299-310
Advisory Committee Supporting Schedule – Part A 6.F.a. Pages 1-10 311-320
Homeland Security Funding Schedule – Part B Natural or Man-Made Disasters 6.G.b. Pages 1-2 321-322
10 Percent Biennial Base Reduction Options Schedule 6.I. Pages 1-7 323-329
Indirect Administrative and Support Costs 7.A. Pages 1-16 331-346
Direct Administrative and Support Costs 7.B. Pages 1-13 347-359