Maricopa County’s Public Defense Services Agency (the public defender’s office) tracks performance metrics very closely. Table 9.2...

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Maricopa County’s Public Defense Services Agency (the publicdefender’s office) tracks performance metrics very closely. Table9.2 is from the FY [Fiscal Year] 2014 Annual Business
Strategies: Adopted Budget document. Examine the trends and theconnections between the measures and the expenditure dollars. Doesthe FY 2014 adopted budget seem reasonable?

Rev vs Adopted
Measure TypeMeasure DescriptionFY 2012 ActualFY 2013 RevisedFY 2013 ForecastFY2014 AdoptedVar%
ResultPercent of Parent/Child/Case Dependency Petitions not Granted43.2%41.1%43.8%44.4%3.3%8.0%
OutputNumberof Dependency Parent/Child/Cases Resolved74647322643477824606.3%
DemandNetParent/Child/Case Dependency Assignments1142294881248014352486451.3%
EfficiencyCostper Dependency Parent/Child/Case Resolved$951.78$967.88$1,368.21$1,471.60-$503.72-52.0%
Expenditure100-General$7,104,065.00$7,086,827.00$8,803,090.00$11,451,996.00-$4,365,169.00-61.6%
TotalUses$7,104,065.00$7,086,827.00$8,803,090.00$11,451,996.00-$4,365,169.00-61.6%

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Rev vs Adopted Measure Type Measure Description FY 2012 Actual FY 2013 Revised FY 2013 Forecast FY2014 Adopted Var Result Percent of ParentChildCase Dependency Petitions not Granted 4320 4110 4380 4440 330 800 Output Number of Dependency ParentChildCases Resolved    See Answer
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