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Coborrus County Transportation Services Final Report - September 2015 3.4 FINANCIAL /ASSESSMENT A summary of revenues and expenses for FY 2012 through FY 2014 from the OPSTATS reports are listed in Table 4. CCTS has had a balanced budget for the past three fiscal years. CCTS does not have a reserve budget, and therefore does not have reserve funding to implement new or expanded services, or to meet the minimum recommendation of 3 months of reserves in the event of any loss in funding. Funding sources will need to be identified to implement any CTSP recommendations that include new or expanded services. Table 4: CCTS Revenues and Expenses Summary (FY 2012 -2014) Year A[Revenues Expenses Surplus 6: jjk(Deficit) 2012 $1,516,424 $1,516,424 $0 2013 $1,428,268 $1,428,268 $0 2014 $1,434,027 $1,434,027 $0 Source: OPSTATS Reports for 2012, 2013, and 2014 There have been fluctuations in the funding CCTS received from various sources over the past three years. Due to decreases in the number of RGP trips over the past two years, CCTS has not requested its full allocation of ROAP funding from the state. CCTS has stated that this was due to difficulties with passengers meeting eligibility requirements for rural to urban trips. This issue was discussed at Steering Committee meetings for the CTSP. As of the writing of this report CCTS had not anticipated using the FY15 5310 funds for the elderly and disabled, because they anticipated the market for these services from the dwindling rural areas was not there. During the initial scoping meeting for this CTSP, CCTS expressed concern about the pending Medicaid brokerage procedures that were scheduled to go into effect on Julyl, 2014. North Carolina has been considering implementation of a brokerage system to administer their non - emergency medical transportation program. However, North Carolina has used a coordinated model of public and human service transportation for over 30 years and implementation of a brokerage system for Medicaid transportation may have negative impacts on this coordinated transportation model. According to a Department of Health and Human Services report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committees on Health and Human Services and Transportation entitled Non - Emergency Medical Transportation Services Management Report (October 2012), potential impacts include loss of efficiency, increased cost for other trips, fragmentation of service, and reduction in service quality. CCTS is specifically concerned about the loss of a large percentage of their trips and associated revenue. The Medicaid brokerage procedures did not go into effect in July 2014 and, as of this writing, there is no current schedule for implementation. Attachment number 1 \n F -3 Page 106