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TO: <br />FROM: <br />DATE: <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br /># I I~[ II £~fl~ Llit ~ <br /> <br />Frank Clifton, County Manag(~'7,N_ <br />Jim Cook, Social Services Dir~or~, <br />2-11-00 <br />Budget Amendment Request <br /> <br /> Attached is a budget amendment request I am asking the Board of Commissioners <br />to consider at its 2-21-00 meeting.._NNo additional ap,propriat.ion of county fundin~ is <br />requested. However, revenues are affected. <br /> <br /> The attached amendment request serves several purposes. These are as follows: <br /> <br />1) Some normal year end line item adjustments are incorporated. These <br /> especially cover adjustments to purchase service line items which have been <br /> made this year to provide a clearer picture of objects of expenditure. <br />2) The state made significant changes in the mixture of federal, state, and county <br /> funding within the Work First Block Grant since adoption of the budget. <br /> Funding was changed from 53% federal/state, 47% county across the board, to <br /> 100% federal for child welfare services and much child foster care cost, <br /> 100% county for employment services and emergency assistance cash <br /> payments, and 100% state for Work First Family Assistance payments. This <br /> is advantageous to Cabarrus as child welfare services and foster care represent <br /> much larger expenses than employment services. However, it makes the <br /> allocation of revenues within the budget much different than at the time the <br /> FY00 budget was adopted. This amendment aligns these revenues correctly. <br />3) Additional funding is needed in the foster care budget to cover the cost of an <br /> unusual number of children needing residential treatment services who have <br /> been placed in the care of the Department by the Court this year. Expenses <br /> for children are expected to remain substantially higher than last year, <br /> however, they will decline from the highs experienced at mid-year this year. <br /> The census has declined from a high of 81 children in December to 73 in <br /> February, though the number requiring residential treatment services has been <br /> high. <br />4) Realignment of the budget at this point will provide a clearer comparison as <br /> the FY01 budget is considered. <br /> <br />Please let me know if clarification is needed. <br /> <br />Thank you. <br /> <br /> Department of Soci~fl Services <br />1303 South Cannon Blvd. Kannapolis. NC 28083 (704)939-1400 <br /> <br /> <br />