|
FY 1997:
|
Increased
funding ($44,649 NTS) to support vocational, training and employment options
for school graduates with mental retardation.
|
|
Increased funding ($52,934 NTS) to fund an additional 15
hours of contract psychiatric time for emergency and after hours
support. Reallocated funds from
freezing a Mental Health Therapist position in Substance Abuse Outpatient
Services ($54,744) and $25,154 from other contractual services to support 25
hours of contract psychiatric time in the base budget.
|
|
Provided
local funding ($16,773) for Indigent Health Care/HealthLink to replace lost
grant funding.
|
|
Implemented full year funding of the Welfare
Reform/Self-Sufficiency Program through the addition of new state and federal
revenue ($81,163) and a reallocation of existing funds and positions already
in the budget ($736,821, 9.0 FTEs).
|
|
Eliminated
the Summer Youth Employment Program due to the abolishment of federal funds
($681,471).
|
|
Reallocated
funds and appropriated new revenue to expand the Clarendon House program.
|
|
Reallocated
funds ($26,404) in the Agency on Aging to continue the Personal Advocate
Service.
|
|
Approved
a three percent rate increase for Community Care Home providers and Contract
Companions.
|
|
Added
$1.0 million ($0.45 million NTS) for the Comprehensive Services for At-Risk
Youth (CSA) program.
|
|
Added
1.0 FTE ($52,158) for case management services for persons with mental
retardation.
|
|
|
|
FY 1998:
|
Transferred
the Schools' portion of CSA funding to the Schools budget ($2,432,000
expenditures/$1,308,999 revenue).
|
|
Added
$476,674 ($214,503 NTS) to CSA to support the projected needs for foster care
residential services.
|
|
Increased funding $64,437 ($62,277 NTS) to support
vocational, training and employment options for school graduates with mental
retardation.
|
|
Appropriated
$225,000 effective October 1, 1997 to begin addressing the residential
service needs of persons with mental retardation whose aging and/or disabled
caretakers can no longer care for them.
|
|
Provided private, non-profit agencies with a one percent
increase ($54,534).
|
|
Added
$251,197 to fully fund the projected need for Adoption Subsidy Programs and
ADC Foster Care.
|
|
Added
$220,000 to integrate the Public Health division with the Virginia Department
of Health's VISION system.
|
|
Increased
funding ($17,500) to support workplace literacy and general English as a
Second Language efforts.
|
|
Transferred
funding for the Ethiopian Community Development Council, Inc. (ECDC) from the
DHS budget to the Regionals section ($18,456).
|
|
Allocated
$17,000 to support Food for Others which must be matched dollar for dollar
with new fund raising.
|
|
Added
$24,500 for Health Promotions to provide health risk appraisals for an
additional 390 employees.
|
|
Reduced
targeted employment services by $776,328 in response to decreased federal
allocations.
|
|
Reduced
General Relief $95,264 ($36,419 NTS) to reflect anticipated caseload trends
and the full year impact of the reduction in benefit period in FY 1997
for persons qualifying under the "unemployable" category.
|
|
Eliminated
one Substance Abuse Outpatient Services position in response to the
withdrawal of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds.
|
|
Consolidated
the Adult Services and Communicable Disease Bureau and the HIV/AIDS Bureau in
the Public Health division resulting in a savings of $80,430 due to the
elimination of a Bureau Chief position.
|
|
Reduced
the budget for Child Day Care Purchased Services by $218,203, based on
FY 1997 allocation levels and held net tax support levels flat.
|
|
Froze 2.0 FTEs to include 0.5 FTE Records
Assistant, Planning and Administration Division; 1.0 FTE Outpatient
Substance Abuse Services and 0.5 FTE Administrative Assistant, Arlington
Employment Center.
|
|
Eliminated 2.1 FTEs to include 1.0 FTE Bureau
Chief, Public Health Division; 0.3 FTE Nurse Practitioner, Occupational
Health; 0.1 FTE Physician, Adult Health and Communicable Disease;
0.3 FTE Audiometric Technician, School Health and 0.4 FTE Mental
Health Therapist II, Substance Abuse Prevention.
|
|
Increased
fees for the Madison Center, and Swimming Pool license and plan reviews.
|
|
Implemented
fee adjustments in most programs within the Mental Health, Mental Retardation
and Substance Abuse Services Division, and mental health and substance abuse
services within the Child and Family Services Division and Office on Aging
and Disability Services.
|
|
|
|
FY 1999:
|
Provided
a one-percent increase for agencies with which the Department contracts for
services on a grant basis ($53,064).
|
|
Eliminated 10.6 FTEs to include 1.0 FTE Accounting
Technician I, 1.0 FTE Records Assistant III, 0.8 FTE Word
Processor, 0.5 FTE Public Health Nurse, 1.0 FTE Nurse Practitioner,
1.0 FTE VIEW Child Care Specialist, 1.0 FTE Program Supervisor in
Mental Health, 4.3 FTEs various grant funded positions.
|
|
Funded an expansion of the Healthy Families/CHIP program
($100,000) including 1.0 FTE Public Health Nurse and funding for
Northern Virginia Family Services.
|
|
Transferred the budget for the Jail Mental Health program to
the Sheriff's Office ($108,789).
|
|
Funded a Housing Coordinator position ($55,671,
1.0 FTE) to plan, develop and monitor residential services for persons
with mental retardation and serious mental illness.
|
|
Reduced funding for residential substance abuse treatment
for youth ($22,000).
|
|
Revised the fee policy for the outpatient substance abuse
services to clients referred by the Alcohol Safety Action Program (ASAP),
eliminating the established sliding fee scale and charging the full fee for
services (with a provision for flexible payment plan). The projected revenue
is $105,000.
|
|
Eliminated funding for 2 vocational slots for persons with
mental retardation, which would become available through program attrition.
|
|
Approved funding for new vocational slots for 3 students
graduating from the Arlington Public Schools Special Education program
($64,437).
|
|
Eliminated the Refuse Relief program ($30,052).
|
|
Increased the number of hours worked to qualify as a working
family in the Housing Grants program ($55,140 in savings).
|
|
Froze 2.0 FTEs which include 0.5 FTE Records
Assistant, Planning and Administration Division, 1.0 FTE Mental Health
Therapist, Adult Substance Abuse Services, 0.5 FTE Administrative
Assistant, Arlington Employment Center.
|
|
Added 1.0 FTE (transferred from Libraries) to provide
human services information and referral.
|
|
|
|
FY 2000:
|
Eliminated
8.2 FTEs: 1.0 FTE Eligibility Worker, Arlington Works!; 2.0 FTE Human Service Aides, Public
Assistance Services; 0.5 FTE Mental Health Therapist, Child and Family
Services; 1.0 FTE Clinic Aide, School Health; 0.1 FTE Mental Health
Worker, Mental Health Services; 0.8 FTE Physician, Geriatric Clinic;
0.4 FTE Clinic Aide, Geriatric Clinic; 0.4 FTE Administrative
Assistant, Geriatric Clinic; 1.0 FTE Administrative Assistant and
1.0 FTE Management Specialist transferred to the Department of Parks,
Recreation and Community Resources with the Health Promotion Program.
|
|
Reduced funding in General Relief ($123,552), Refugee
Assistance ($101,730), and day care for Arlington
Works! ($283,127) based on projected caseloads.
|
|
Reduced funding in the Comprehensive Services for At-Risk
Youth Program ($218,997) based on an expected shift in reimbursement to
Medicaid for certain services and caseload stability.
|
|
Reduced Arlington
Works! Funding ($186,377) to reflect a reduction in state allocation and
declining caseloads.
|
|
Increased funding for subsidized adoption programs ($39,190)
and foster care ($138,790).
|
|
Added the Volunteer Services Program ($140,355,
2.2 FTEs) which was transferred from the County Manager's Office.
|
|
Transferred
the Health Promotion Program ($166,146, 2.0 FTEs) to the Department of
Parks, Recreation and Community Resources.
|
|
Increased the rates for selected categories of contract
Companions and Community Care Home providers.
|
|
Increased the fees for the Madison Center, and Environmental
Health swimming pool licensing and plan reviews.
|
|
Provided $100,922 ($90,072 NTS) and 0.3 FTE for
transitional services for special education students with mental retardation.
|
|
Provided $67,624 ($37,624 NTS) and 1.0 FTE for
employment services for persons with serious mental illness.
|
|
Provided $61,127 ($27,632 NTS) and 1.0 FTE for
intensive outreach and case management for hard-to-serve adults with serious
mental illness.
|
|
Provided $51,697 ($12,169 NTS) and 1.0 FTE for mental
health services for Spanish speaking children and families.
|
|
Provided $53,747 ($0 NTS) and 1.0 FTE for child health
services.
|
|
Provided $142,053 and revenue of $158,788, and 3.0 FTEs
to expand the continuum of care for children's mental health treatment
services.
|
|
Increased the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) grant
($34,584 and 1.0 FTE).
|
|
Increased grant funding from the U. S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development for the Arlington-Alexandria Coalition for the Homeless
Adopt-A-Family Program ($52,946).
|
|
Unfroze 0.5 FTE Records Assistant, 1.0 FTE Mental
Health Therapist, and 0.5 FTE Administrative Assistant as part of a
larger reallocation within the Department in support of the implementation of
the Information Technology Strategic Plan.
|
|
|
|
FY 2001:
|
Eliminated
1.0 FTE Mental Health, Clarendon House Consumer Housing Outreach grant.
|
|
Eliminated 1.0 FTE Public Health, WIC Immunization
Project grant.
|
|
Eliminated 0.5 FTE Child and Family Services, Sexual
Assault Education grant.
|
|
Eliminated 1.0 FTE Agency on Aging, Managed Care
Ombudsman grant.
|
|
Added $161,972 and 3.0 FTEs for the School Health
Program.
|
|
Added $129,000 and 2.0 FTEs for the Rat Control
Program. Transferred $61,046 and
1.0 FTE from DCPHD and transferred $5,000 from DPW for this program.
|
|
Added $230,265 and 1.8 FTEs for vocational services for
eight graduates of the County's special education program and case management
services for clients with mental health retardation.
|
|
Added $93,989 and 2.0 FTEs for mental health case management
services to adults with serious mental illness.
|
|
Added $60,000 for low-income Culpeper Garden residents in
assisted living.
|
|
Added $153,695 for the Housing Grants Program beginning
January 1, 2001.
|
|
Added $5,600,000 for rent and expenses associated with the
consolidation of DHS programs at 3033 Wilson Blvd.
|
|
Decreased OTIS expenditures $933,037 reflecting the
elimination of OTIS charges for data processing and personal computers as
part of the transition of OTIS from an enterprise fund to a general fund
department.
|
|
Decreased the General Relief Program $115,815 and the
State/Local Hospitalization Program $44,991.
|
|
Increased Housing Grants $53,600, Prescription Medication
$29,683, and Auxiliary Grants $28,341 based on projected caseloads.
|
|
Transferred the Community Outreach Centers from DPRCR
($316,938, 7.5 FTE).
|
|
Increased Arlington Employment Center $72,532 based on an
increase in grant funding.
|
|
Reduced subsidized day care for Arlington Works! Clients $196,865 based on projected caseloads.
|
|
Provided full year funding for the Program of Assertive
Community Treatment (PACT) Team ($125,789).
|
|
Eliminated the Home Health Program ($79,440).
|
|
Provided full year funding for the Arlington Health
Foundation grants for the Healthy Families/CHIP and Resource Mothers programs
($80,580).
|
|
Increased the license fees for swimming pools for a seasonal
establishment from $155 to $165 and for a year round establishment from $425
to $435.
|
|
Increased the application processing fee for food
establishments from $25 to $35.
|
|
Established a late pick-up fee for Madison Adult Day Health
Care Center Participants. The late
pick-up fee is imposed after the first incident at a rate of $15 for each
fifteen minutes a participant is picked up late.
|
|
|
|
FY 2002:
|
Eliminated
2.6 FTEs funded through grants not continuing.
|
|
Added 0.2 FTE
for case management services related to the new public school graduates
|
|
Added 1.0 FTE as a full-year adjustment for two grant
funded positions.
|
|
Added $98,500 and 2.0 FTEs for the Comprehensive Health
Investment Project (CHIP).
|
|
Added $39,000 and 1.0 FTE for Family Health Services.
|
|
Added $130,500 and 2.0 FTEs for monitoring and review
relating to new federal IV-E funding.
|
|
Added $71,300 and 1.0 FTE for Mental Health home based
services.
|
|
Added $103,062 and 2.0 FTEs for adult Mental Health and
Substance Abuse services.
|
|
Provided $270,921 and 1.0 FTE in new funding for West
Nile virus monitoring and control (approximately 56% of which is for
contractual services).
|
|
A 1.0 FTE position on loan from the Department of
Community Planning, Housing and Development was returned to its home
department.
|
|
A 0.5 FTE is frozen in the Arlington Works! Program.
|
|
Increased funding to ensure the safety of residential
services for persons with mental retardation, substance abuse and serious
mental illness ($400,000).
|
|
Increased funding to purchase new vocational services for
Arlington Public School graduates with mental retardation ($128,495).
|
|
Increased funding for the Hispanic Committee ($6,000) to
meet emergency needs (to be matched with $3,000 in private funds).
|
|
Increased funding to the Arlington Street People's
Assistance Network (ASPAN) to cover the basic operating costs of the
Emergency Winter Shelter ($29,000).
|
|
Increased funding to the Arlington-Alexandria Coalition for
the Homeless (AACH) to support increased costs for personnel and operating
expenditures ($22,599).
|
|
Increased funding to the Volunteers of America (VOA) to
increase the safety of the Residential Program Center by adding a second
night monitor and to support staff salary increases ($44,869).
|
|
Increased funding to the Arlington Food Assistance Center
(AFAC) to support increased operating costs ($9,700).
|
|
Increased funding for Food for Others to support increased
operating costs ($830).
|
|
Increased funding for the Whitman-Walker Clinic of Northern
Virginia to restore case management services lost due to flat funding
($16,037).
|
|
New funding to the new Arlington Health Foundation Pediatric
Clinic ($52,714, including the reallocation of $28,143 from Northern Virginia
Family Service) to provide a three year pilot program in case management.
|
|
New funding for the Arlington Free Clinic ($2,949) to offset
taxes on personal property acquired through donations and private
fund-raising.
|
|
Increased payments to private landlords in the Housing
Grants Program, implementing recommendations of the Affordable Housing Task
Force that were approved by the County Board ($153,695) (full year funding
for changes implemented January 1, 2001).
|
|
Increased funding for Auxiliary Grants ($55,996) for
contracted homes.
|
|
Increased funding for the District Home ($50,299) to cover
the costs of Arlingtonians living in this nonprofit senior facility.
|
|
Increased federal/state funding for purchased services programs
in Child Placement/Adoptions ($293,028).
|
|
Added $217,300 for the Northern Virginia Family Service
Healthy Families Program.
|
|
Added $26,500 in IV-E funding to support future activities
or services.
|
|
Increased funding for the Arlington Partnership for
Children, Youth and Families to support surveys and data collection on the
status of Arlington's youth, and other operating expenses ($42,009).
|
|
Increased funding for the REEP program of the Arlington
Public Schools to promote independence and self-sufficiency through
additional English Language Training slots ($68,027, which will leverage an
additional $72,125 in fees).
|
|
Increase in the regional Long Term Care Ombudsman Program to
meet increased need ($12,145) provided under contract with Fairfax County.
|
|
Added $131,600 to subsidize assisted living services for
low-income residents at Culpeper Garden.
|
|
Added $27,099 for transportation services for Carlin and
Culpeper Garden for medical appointments and shopping for adult Mental Health
and Substance Abuse services.
|
|
Added $75,000 new regional funding for the Endependence
Center of Northern Virginia.
|
|
Increased funding to ensure state, federal and third party
reimbursements for behavioral healthcare through the continued implementation
of a new automation system, Anasazi ($62,954 NTS and 3.0 reallocated
FTEs).
|
|
Reallocated funding and 1.0 FTE to enhance employee
recruitment efforts ($46,889).
|
|
Fee increases are included for the Madison Center and
Environmental Health swimming pool licenses and plan reviews.
|
|
Added 17 supplemental appropriations and other County Board
approved adjustments for a net expenditure increase of $1,456,579, revenue of
$1,759,935 and 5.0 net FTEs.
|
|
|
|
FY 2003:
|
Added
0.8 FTE and $48,000 expense and LPACAP revenue for a discharge planner for
the jail.
|
|
Added
2.0 FTE and $130,469 expense and LPACAP revenue for communicable disease.
|
|
Added 0.5 FTE and $25,000 expense and LPACAP revenue for the
Partnership for Children, Youth and Families website activities.
|
|
Added 1.0 FTE and $66,000 expense and LPACAP revenue for the
Youth Partnership Asset Liaison.
|
|
Added 0.5 FTE and $28,200 expense and LPACAP revenue for the
Partnership Teen Expo and youth employment activities.
|
|
Added 0.3 FTE and $168,000 for vocational and case management
services for 10 new graduates of Arlington Public Schools with mental
retardation or developmental disabilities
|
|
Eliminated an Employment Services Specialist (1.0 FTE)
due to the discontinuation of a supplemental FTE associated with the Virginia
Rehabilitation Services Grant.
|
|
Eliminated
a previously frozen Mental Health Therapist (0.5 FTE) in the Arlington
Works! Program.
|
|
Increased
funding for Home Care Partners health insurance ($28,049 expense and
revenue).
|
|
Increased funding for the Emergency Needs
Fund ($25,000 expense and LPACAP revenue), Arlington Free Clinic ($70,000
expense and LPACAP revenue) and strategic planning for children, youth and
families ($100,000 expense and LPACAP revenue).
|
|
Reduced
state revenue $310,404 due to reductions in the state reimbursement for
health ($52,000), MHMR ($212,746), substance abuse ($24,173) and social
services ($21,485).
|
|
Increased
funding of $260,209 to 18 programs operated by non-profit organizations and
contractual agencies to meet reasonable scheduled personnel salary increases
(excluding cost-of-living adjustments) and other continuing services
operating costs.
|
|
Added
funding for additional costs for rent at 3033 Wilson Boulevard ($80,191),
liability insurance ($18,000), maintenance of County vehicles ($5,511), and
utility costs at homeless shelters ($4,400).
|
|
Increased
costs relating to the rental of space in Ballston for the Headstart Program
($16,985).
|
|
Increased
meal costs for the Madison Center, Senior Centers and Services for Continuing
|
|
Independence
programs ($7,297).
|
|
Increased
costs associated with the continued implementation of the Anasazi behavioral
health care automated system ($98,735).
|
|
Added
additional funds to cover projected increases in contract costs for
vocational placements for clients with mental retardation ($26,856).
|
|
Increased
Comprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth by $50,000 for additional state
matching funds based on projected need.
|
|
Provided
full funding of the Buckingham Community Outreach Mental Health Worker in the
Crisis Assistance Bureau, which was previously funded, in part, by a federal
Community Development Block Grant ($39,300).
|
|
Approved
increase in the transportation fee for the Madison Center from a maximum of
$4.00 per trip to a maximum of $4.50 per trip.
|
|
Approved
fee for non-mandated immunizations in Family Health Services, a new service
for clients.
|
|
|
|
FY 2004:
|
Added $735,624 for in-home assistance for the elderly
and disabled (LPACAP).
|
|
Added
$154,500 for short-term crisis/emergency stabilization beds (LPACAP).
|
|
Added $700,000 for supportive housing and residential
support services (LPACAP).
|
|
Added $290,000 and 4.0 FTEs for supportive services for
dually diagnosed persons (LPACAP).
|
|
Added $300,000 and 1.8 FTEs for support services for
homeless persons at the Residential Program Center (LPACAP).
|
|
Added $72,100 and 1.0 FTE for housing development
(LPACAP).
|
|
Added $245,000 and 4.0 FTEs for secondary prevention
mental health services in the Arlington Public Schools (LPACAP).
|
|
Added $125,000 and 2.0 FTEs for Parent Infant Education
(PIE) service coordination (LPACAP).
|
|
Added $28,800 and 0.5 FTE for youth employment
(LPACAP).
|
|
Added $115,700 for a new adult day health care program
at the Walter Reed Community Center (LPACAP).
|
|
Added $75,000 to improve access to County services for
persons with language and cultural barriers (LPACAP).
|
|
Added $120,000 for English-as-a-Second-Language and
family literacy training (LPACAP).
|
|
Added $110,000 for enhanced medical/psychiatric services
and supervision (LPACAP).
|
|
Added $252,000 and 4.8 FTEs (plus $148,684 transferred
from the Sheriff's Office) for mental health services at the Jail and
Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Home (LPACAP).
|
|
Added $207,075 for annual costs related to an
integrated client information system (LPACAP).
|
|
Added $82,400 for a position for HIPAA compliance and
records management (using an existing departmental FTE) (LPACAP).
|
|
Added $100,000 to work towards standardized records
management (LPACAP).
|
|
Added $15,450 for a homeless management information
system (LPACAP).
|
|
Added $77,250 and 1.0 FTE for a community human
services information network. (LPACAP).
|
|
Used $810,175 in LPACAP funding to offset State budget
reductions.
|
|
Added $10,140 and 0.3 FTE to support a cab voucher
program for Arlington residents age 75 and older.
|
|
Eliminated 0.7 FTE Woodmont relief staff.
|
|
Eliminated 1.0 FTE due to contracting of the mobile
work crew from Woodmont.
|
|
Eliminated 0.1 FTE Physician in Public Health due to
State budget cuts.
|
|
Eliminated 1.0 FTE Social Worker II due to
discontinuation of the SABRE grant.
|
|
Eliminated 1.0 FTE Human Services Assistant V due to a
reduction in the Resource Mothers grant.
|
|
Eliminated 3.5 FTEs in the Arlington Employment Center
due to reduced grant funding (National Emergency grant – 2.0 FTEs, Arlington
Technology Institute – 1.0 FTE, welfare reform – 0.5 FTE).
|
|
|
Added 13.9 FTEs from continuation of FY 2003
supplemental appropriations (1.0 FTE for arbovirus program, 0.5 FTE Health
Educator for tobacco use prevention, 2.0 FTEs for bioterrorism, 0.8 FTE for
services to pregnant and parenting teens, 7.0 FTEs for the National Emergency
grant (employment services), 1.0 FTE for the H1-B employment services grant,
0.5 FTE for substance abuse services, 0.8 FTE for tuberculosis services,
and 0.3 FTE in the Agency on Aging).
|
|
|
Added 0.3 FTE and $195,728 for vocational and
transportation services for nine new school graduates with mental
retardation/developmental disabilities.
|
|
|
Added 0.6 FTE Clinic Aide in School Health due to an
additional elementary school scheduled for FY 2004 and 0.5 FTE Public
Health Nurse in School health to maintain nurse-to-school coverage ratios
($61,441 total).
|
|
|
Increased funding for rent for 3033 Wilson Boulevard
($105,507), liability insurance for staff physicians ($44,975), and County
vehicles ($18,479).
|
|
|
Increased funding for nine programs operated by
nonprofit and/or contractual agencies to meet reasonable salary and operating
cost increases ($131,462).
|
|
|
Increased funding for rent at the Buckingham Outreach
Center ($16,680).
|
|
|
Increased contract funding for mental retardation
vocational contracts ($39,799).
|
|
|
Increased funding for 100% reimbursable foster care and
subsidized adoption expenditures ($291,200).
|
|
|
Added funding relating to a contract with the City of
Alexandria to provide them with larviciding and mosquito surveillance
services ($87,090 expense, $135,522 revenue).
|
|
|
Eliminated $170,000 in one-time LPACAP funding approved
in FY 2003.
|
|
|
Increased the per day rate paid to Level III Community
Care providers by $2.
|
|
|
Added State Social Services revenue for Administrative
Services Pass-Through ($268,978) and Administrative Fee System Day Care
Pass-Through ($165,000).
|
|
|
Increased CSA purchase of service revenue due to a
change in accounting for the Medicaid match ($309,000).
|
|
|
Increased the Food Establishment license application
processing fee by $20 (from $40 to $60).
|
|
|
Increased the sliding fee scale by $5/month for meals
at the Claridge House, increasing the minimum fee from $35/month to
$40/month, and the maximum fee from $100/month to $105/month.
|
|
|
Increased the minimum fee for the Madison Adult Day
Health Care Center by $2/day (from $3/day to $5/day) and the maximum fee from
$68/day to $69/day.
|
|
|
Updated the fee and income scales for a variety of
mental health, mental retardation and substance abuse services programs. Put the ASAP fee on a sliding fee scale.
|
|
|
|
FY 2005:
|
County
Board approved addition of $876,023 for the Housing Grants Program.
|
|
County
Board approved addition of $148,667 and 2.0 FTEs for Environmental Health
food safety inspections.
|
|
County
Board approved increase in Local Public Assistance Cost Allocation Plan
(LPACAP) funding to provide additional support in the areas of supportive housing
($325,000 ongoing funding), Early Head Start ($25,000 ongoing), TACTS
emergency shelter program ($145,000 one-time), parent education and Project
Family programs ($50,000 ongoing), and contingency funding for state
reductions and/or nonprofit support ($55,000 one-time).
|
|
Additional
increases in LPACAP funds to: supplement supportive housing efforts ($250,000
of ongoing funds and $350,000 of one-time funds); supplement the Emergency
Needs Fund ($27,000 of ongoing funds); restore cuts in grants to the Arlington
Employment Center, in order to maintain critical employment services for
Arlington residents ($251,000 and 4.7 FTEs); cover possible FY 2005
state cuts or assist nonprofit human service organizations ($155,000 of
ongoing funds and $226,000 of one-time funds); comply with state accounting
and reporting requirements and to maximize LPACAP reimbursements ($125,000 of
ongoing funds and 1.0 FTE); improve technology infrastructure ($101,500 of
ongoing funds, $225,000 of one-time funds and 1.0 FTE); and support enhanced
technology applications ($102,000 of ongoing funds, $99,000 of one-time funds
and 1.0 FTE).
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Decreased
revenue and expenditures ($1,879,105 revenue and expense, and 14.5 FTEs) in
the Arlington Employment Center due to grant reductions; $251,000 and 4.7
FTEs were restored with LPACAP funding.
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Included
additional costs for rent at 3033 Wilson Boulevard ($111,322) and liability
insurance for staff physicians ($12,475).
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Increased
funding to nonprofit and/or contractual agencies to meet reasonable salary
increases and operating costs ($102,975).
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Increased
funding for vocational and transportation services for a net of nine new
school graduates with mental retardation/developmental disabilities and
associated case management services ($275,874 and 0.4 FTE).
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Increased
contract costs for mental retardation vocational/transportation, substance
abuse residential, and meal service contracts ($82,591) against $31,818
savings due to Medicaid reimbursement of vendor.
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Increased
foster care and adoption expenditures of $1,063,502, wholly offset by
revenue.
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Increase
funding for nine new Title V slots (older low-income workers) including
living wage ($111,060), offset partially by revenue increase ($58,059).
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Included
continued funding for three grants approved as supplemental appropriations in
FY 2004 ($439,922).
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Reduced
revenue for West Nile Virus Project ($135,522) originally projected from
Alexandria for larvaciding services, partially offset by $87,090 reduction in
expenditures.
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Increased
from $4.50 to $4.75 per trip the transportation fee for the Madison Adult Day
Health Program.
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