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ICililIIC IJItlYI <br /> <br /> Frank Clifton, County Mana~/'~~~ <br />TO: Jim Cook, Social Services D~e~'/ <br />FDRAOTEM': 12-13-99 <br />SUBJECT: Budget Amendment Request <br /> <br /> Attached is a budget amendment request I am asking be considered by the Board <br />of Commissioners at its 12-20-99 meeting. No additional appropriation of county <br />funding is requested. Revenues are affected. <br /> <br />The amendment request has four purposes. These are as follows: <br /> <br />1) The amendment budgets state/federal grant funds the Department has been awarded <br /> under the Restoring Families Program. The Board authorized our application for this <br /> grant at its meeting of 12-21-98, with the understanding that should we receive the <br /> grant, a social worker position would be created. We did not include either the grant <br /> or the position in our FY2000 county budget as we had not received the grant at the <br /> time the budget was prepared. Under this program, the Department will use a new <br /> social worker position, purchased in-home aide services, and collaboration with <br /> Piedmont Behavioral Health to help reunite families where children are in foster care <br /> due to parental substance abuse. Between 50% and 75% of children placed in foster <br /> care are from families with substance abuse problems. The grant is expected to <br /> continue next fiscal year. If not, the program and position will be discontinued. (As <br /> an explanatory note, $34,026 of the total grant of $60,000 is budgeted here. This <br /> includes salary and fringe benefits for six months and $13,027 for in-home aide and <br /> other purchased services). <br />2) A recent change in funding will allow us to charge some foster care board payments <br /> that had been over 50% county funded to 100% federal funding. Our revenues for <br /> foster care have been (an annualized) $85,000 below expected. However, the change <br /> to federal funding should earn additional revenues orS119,000. We have thus <br /> budgeted a net increase of $34,000. We have also received an unbudgeted $40,000 in <br /> "Special Needs Grant" funds. These are funds the Department has received as <br /> incentive payments for effective adoption services. These two additional revenues <br /> total $74,000. <br /> <br />Additional expenses of $52,000 for the Foster Care Program are budgeted in the <br />amendment request. The number of children in care and the cost of care is projected <br />to be somewhat more than originally budgeted. This is offset by the revenues listed <br />above. <br /> <br /> Department of Social Services <br />1303 South Cannon Blvd. Kannapolis, NC 2g093 (704)939-1400 <br /> <br /> <br />