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I CABARRUS COUNTY Department of Social Services P.O. Box 668 Concord, NotCh C,rolien 28026-0668 Telephoee: (701} 786-7141 James F. Cook. Jr. Director January 2~. 1987 HE~ORANDU~8 FROH: Jim Cook, Social Service Director SUBJECT: Attached Budget Amendment Request I would like to ask that the attached budget amendment request be considered by the Board of Commissioners at its first February meeting. No additional County appropriation is requested. Hoverer, revenues are affected. As anticipated, expenditures for the new Aid to Families with Dependent Children - Emergency Assistance Program (AFDC-EA) have been substantially higher than estimated by the State prior to the November 1, 1986 implementation date. 8ssed upon State estimates, last October we budgeted a total of $28,731 in 751 Federal~ 25X State, and 251 County funding for this required public assistance program. All of the funding budgeted here ~ill have been obligated by the end of January. We have taken as conservative an approach to the program as the State regulations we must follov rill per, it. Still the number of applications and, to a certain extend our expenditures, have accelerated. Statistics on program activities are as follows: Clients Seen Applications Approved Expenditures November 28 lB $ 6,195. December 66 37 911,288. January (lst to 20th) 87 46 ~ 6,841. The number of inquiries and applicants has accelerated rapidly. Expenses accelerated rapidly in November and December but this acceleration had (apparently) slo~ed substantially by January. Predicting the level of activity and expense in this program for the remainder of the year ts still difficult. Certainly, as ~ore people become avare of the availability of this program~ the number of requests may be expected to continue to increase. As examples of the levels of need in the community, a minimum of 2750 families meet the income guidelines for this program. The Sheriff's Department reports processing some 100 evictions per month. ?he Board of Lights and ~ater in Concord reports that they issue from 900 to 1200 electric termination notices per month. These figures suggest that applications and expenditures may cell continue to increase. 8o~ever, ~e understand that State officials have been concerned ~ith the state~lde level of ex,ease under this pro~ra~ and ~ay be plalming to issue policy changes vhtch vould tighten eligibility require~ents so~c~hat. ~L