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TO: Frank Clifton, County Manager ../-'"~" f.,~',~ L <br />FROM: Jim Cook, Social Services Directo/,' ~//1/~ ~ <br />DATE: 6-12-00 ~ / <br />SUBJECT: Budget Revision (/ <br /> Enclosed is a budget revision request and an agenda cover sheet which I am <br />submitting to you should you feel it appropriate to have this item considered by the Board <br />of Commissioners at its meeting of 6-19-00. <br /> <br /> I am submitting this revision as I had assured you in February that should the <br />Department not succeed in drawing revenues I had budgeted for the foster care program, <br />I would make adjustments necessary to balance our budget. <br /> <br /> By my last projection, we will fall about $365,000 short of collecting the revenues <br />I budgeted for the foster care program. I had believed that the newly-authorized ability to <br />charge TANF for foster care services made it plausible we could achieve the revenue <br />figure I presented. However, we were unable to secure TANF revenues on many of the <br />children placed in our care who needed residential treatment services. <br /> <br /> We have worked hard on the issue of foster care expenses and revenues. I think <br />the projections we have made for FY01 are still viable. We are finding ways of limiting <br />costs, becoming more knowledgeable in making placements that will be TANF <br />reimbursable, working to assure Mental Health covers all the costs which should be met <br />through that system, and advocating with the state for system changes which will limit <br />county costs. <br /> <br /> For the current year, it appears that in the overall DSS budget, we will under- <br />spend the expenditure budget by about $609,000, while under-collecting the revenue <br />budget by about $531,000. We should thus finish the year around $78,000 to the good. <br /> <br /> I do not believe that it would be necessary to revise the budget in order to comply <br />with the Budget Ordinance. I am submitting the revision, however, as a matter of <br />principle. I also understand that we are past the deadline given by the Finance Office for <br />revisions. However, it was not possible to make accurate projections prior to running the <br />ledger early this month, and the Finance Office has just finished its annual salary/benefits <br />adjustments. <br /> <br />Please let me know if you decide to place this on the Board's agenda. Thank you. <br /> <br /> Department of Social Services <br />1303 South Cannon Blvd. Kannapolis, NC 28083 (704)939-1400 <br /> <br /> <br />