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SECTION G -- HUMAN SERVICES
ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE SERVICES
ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE DIVISIONAL MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM MISSION: To provide leadership and management to divisional programs
that help residents to achieve and maintain self-sufficiency.
The Economic Independence
Division provides rental assistance, homeless services, temporary shelter,
skills training and job placement, financial assistance, emergency services,
counseling, information and referral, recruitment of volunteers, regional
incident preparedness coordination, and neighborhood based social services and
educational programs.
Many of the programs administered
by the division are funded through federal and state grants from the Virginia
Department of Social Services, the Department of Labor, and the Department of
Housing and Urban Development. This
means that often participants must meet varied eligibility requirements and
programs must achieve performance measures mandated by different federal and
state funding agencies.
The Section 8 Housing Program
budget ($14,118,883, 17.4 FTEs), which is fully federally funded, is in
the Enterprise, Special Revenue and Internal Services Funds Section of the
Proposed Budget.
The following chart provides a
summary of the budget for the general fund portion of the Economic Independence
Division (excluding Section 8).
Expenditures are shown by program.
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ECONOMIC
INDEPENDENCE DIVISION
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FY 2004
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FY 2005
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FY 2006
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% Change:
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Actual
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Adopted
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Proposed
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'05 to '06
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Divisional
Management
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$420,709
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$417,354
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$344,739
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-17%
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Crisis Assistance
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2,375,748
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2,418,730
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2,464,486
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2%
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Arl. Employment
Center
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4,724,503
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3,777,714
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3,928,650
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4%
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Public Assistance
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8,640,464
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8,969,341
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8,792,010
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-2%
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Homeless Services
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1,882,663
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2,133,922
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1,982,861
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-7%
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Total Expenditures
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18,044,086
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17,717,061
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17,512,746
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-1%
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State Share
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6,196,278
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4,971,054
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5,173,993
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4%
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Federal Grants
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250,071
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373,645
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283,645
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-24%
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Public Assistance
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557,879
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678,896
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630,971
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-7%
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Other Grants
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140,553
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146,179
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145,517
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-
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Total Revenues
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7,144,781
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6,169,774
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6,234,126
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1%
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Net Tax Support
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$10,899,305
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$11,547,287
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$11,278,620
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-2%
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Authorized FTEs
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137.0
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127.6
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126.6
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Funded FTEs
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137.0
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127.6
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126.6
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The budget for Divisional Management
includes a Division Chief, Administrative Officer, a portion of an Information
Systems Analyst, and an Administrative Assistant. These staff provide leadership, planning, management, and
financial oversight for the divisional services. Most overhead expenditures, such as telephone charges, are
budgeted in the individual programs in this Division through a cost allocation
system.
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Economic
Independence Divisional Management
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FY 2004
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FY 2005
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FY 2006
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% Change:
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Actual
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Adopted
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Proposed
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05 to '06
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Personnel
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$319,312
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$324,497
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$252,030
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-22%
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Non-Personnel
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101,397
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92,857
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92,709
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-
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Total Expenditures
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420,709
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417,354
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344,739
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-17%
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State Share
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290,531
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164,000
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290,529
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77%
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Total Revenues
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290,531
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164,000
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290,529
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77%
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Net Tax Support
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$130,178
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$253,354
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$54,210
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-79%
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Authorized FTEs
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4.0
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4.1
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3.1
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Funded FTEs
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4.0
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4.1
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3.1
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SIGNIFICANT BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS:
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Personnel decreases due to reallocation within DHS of
Information Systems Analyst personnel expenses from this Division to the
Director's Office (1.0 FTE, $82,061) partially offset by normal step increases.
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Non-Personnel expenses decrease due to telephone
charges ($1,435) partially offset a by rent increase ($1,287).
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FY 2006 State Share revenue increases as a result
of a reallocation of Administrative Indirect Cost Allocation revenue across the
department ($126,529).
PERFORMANCE MEASURES:
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FY 2002
Actual
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FY 2003
Actual
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FY 2004
Actual
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FY 2005
Estimate
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FY 2006
Estimate
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FY 2006
Goal
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Mission Outcome Measures
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Percent of approved net tax support expended
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94%
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98%
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96%
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95%
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95%
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95%
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Percent of employees achieving required computer
related competencies
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N/A
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90%
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98%
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95%
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95%
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100%
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Section 8 lease-up rate
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84%
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100%
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95%
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96%
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98%
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98%
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Job placement rate in the Arlington Employment
Center
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75%
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72%
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71%
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71%
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71%
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71%
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Percent of financial applications in public
assistance processed timely/accurately
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98%/97%
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99%/98%
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98%/95%
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96%/97%
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96%/97%
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96%/97%
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Customer
Measures
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Percent of services provided to individuals in
a respectful, sensitive, and culturally competent manner
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N/A
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N/A
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95%
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95%
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95%
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95%
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To be considered a high performance agency, U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development requires a 98% minimum utilization
rate for rental subsidies.
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