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DFPS Vision, Volume 2, Number 2,  April 2019 (open access)

DFPS Vision, Volume 2, Number 2, April 2019

Newsletter of the Department of Family and Protective Services containing departmental news and announcements, deadlines, and other information of importance to Family and Protective Services.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Department of Family and Protective Services.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improve alignment of skills development fund grants with workforce training goals (open access)

Improve alignment of skills development fund grants with workforce training goals

Staff report outlining contextual information, various issues, and recommendations related to various state-funded workforce training programs including their administration and evaluation metrics.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improve access to accountability and technical information for the virtual school network online schools program (open access)

Improve access to accountability and technical information for the virtual school network online schools program

Staff report outlining contextual information, various issues, and recommendations related to the inaccessibility of information about enrollment and other data for virtual/online schools in Texas compared to in-person schools.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Implement strategies to increase capacity and manage workload at state crime laboratories and improve state laboratory accreditation (open access)

Implement strategies to increase capacity and manage workload at state crime laboratories and improve state laboratory accreditation

Staff report outlining contextual information, various issues, and recommendations related to the inability 13 crime laboratories administered by the Department of Public Safety to keep up with demand by the many law enforcement agencies that rely on them.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Funding trends and challenges in community mental health services (open access)

Funding trends and challenges in community mental health services

Staff report outlining contextual information, various issues, and recommendations related to the expiration of federal funding for mental health services and various ways to meet needs of Texas residents.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Funding options for the Texas coastal resiliency master plan (open access)

Funding options for the Texas coastal resiliency master plan

Staff report outlining contextual information, various issues, and recommendations related to plans for coastal protection and programs to increase resiliency.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fiscal impact of hurricane Harvey on state agencies (open access)

Fiscal impact of hurricane Harvey on state agencies

Staff report outlining contextual information, various issues, and recommendations related to "Hurricane Harvey's fiscal impact on state agencies" (p. 1)
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Overview of women’s health programs (open access)

Overview of women’s health programs

Staff report outlining contextual information and discussion related to women's health initiatives and programs, as well as possible ways to increase enrollment.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Overview of Texas exports during calendar year 2017 (open access)

Overview of Texas exports during calendar year 2017

Staff report outlining contextual information and discussion related to exports from Texas compared to other U.S. states, particularly exports to foreign countries.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Promote use of the federal community eligibility provision for school meals (open access)

Promote use of the federal community eligibility provision for school meals

Staff report outlining contextual information, various issues, and recommendations related to adoption of the Community Eligibility Provision, which offers federal benefits to serve free meals to students.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Overview of state ferry system operations (open access)

Overview of state ferry system operations

Staff report outlining contextual information related to "ferry system operations including funding sources, traffic and congestion, vessel maintenance and replacement, and opportunities for diesel emission reductions" (p. 1).
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Overview of state response to chronic wasting disease (open access)

Overview of state response to chronic wasting disease

Staff report outlining contextual information and discussion related to the management of a chronic wasting disease that was discovered in a Texas deer-breeding facility and the efficacy of the response.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Overview of community mental health needs and services (open access)

Overview of community mental health needs and services

Staff report outlining contextual information and discussion related to the role of local mental health authorities (LMHA) that provide specialized outpatient services.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Decrease state agencies’ customer call wait times (open access)

Decrease state agencies’ customer call wait times

Staff report outlining contextual information, various issues, and recommendations related to reducing overall waiting times when customers call Texas state agencies.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Overview of the effectiveness of targeted pay raises (open access)

Overview of the effectiveness of targeted pay raises

Staff report outlining contextual information and discussion related to an analysis of positions targeted for pay raises in state agencies during the biennia from 2010 to 2017.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Overview of state agency and employee use of certain nonmonetary benefits (open access)

Overview of state agency and employee use of certain nonmonetary benefits

Staff report outlining contextual information and discussion related to the ways that nonmonetary benefits have been provided to employees at various state agencies.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Overview of opioid crisis in Texas (open access)

Overview of opioid crisis in Texas

Staff report outlining contextual information and various issues related to the opioid crisis in Texas and state programs intended to address it.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Overview of blockchain and distributed ledger technology for state government functions (open access)

Overview of blockchain and distributed ledger technology for state government functions

Staff report outlining contextual information, various issues, and recommendations related to potential use of blockchain and distributed ledger technology for state agencies.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Optimize administration of the commercial driver license testing program (open access)

Optimize administration of the commercial driver license testing program

Staff report outlining contextual information, various issues, and recommendations related to the implementation of changes to commercial driver license skills testing, administrative review requirements, and upgrades to information technology networks.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Increase access to state assistance for defense communities (open access)

Increase access to state assistance for defense communities

Staff report outlining contextual information, various issues, and recommendations related to combining or improving two economic development programs that are both meant to support military programs and infrastructure in Texas.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improve viability of small public water systems (open access)

Improve viability of small public water systems

Staff report outlining contextual information, various issues, and recommendations related to supporting infrastructure for small public water systems that may be struggling due to decreasing water supplies.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improve the use of vendor performance data in state procurement (open access)

Improve the use of vendor performance data in state procurement

Staff report outlining contextual information, various issues, and recommendations related to improving consistency of use and accuracy of the Texas Vendor Performance Tracking System for agency procurement decisions.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improve the Texas newborn screening program (open access)

Improve the Texas newborn screening program

Staff report outlining contextual information, various issues, and recommendations related to improving the funding and consistency of the Texas Newborn Screening Program.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improve the state response to human trafficking (open access)

Improve the state response to human trafficking

Staff report outlining contextual information, various issues, and recommendations related to inconsistencies in anti-trafficking legislation and activities undertaken by state agencies.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History