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BOCC Priorities ($150,000) <br /> P-4: Review services to identify and protect 'safety net' programs and services. <br /> Other Budget Increases ($1' 3,752 Net Increase) <br /> • Increase in Special Assistance payments for low-income elderly or disabled adults in <br /> care homes. <br /> • Provide increased crisis intervention funds for clients' heating and cooling expenses <br /> • Addition of EMS Assistance Program (transferred from Emergency Services). <br /> • Increase printing (consolidation with another division, net agency decrease in printing <br /> costs). <br /> Increase office supplies (consolidation with another division, net agency decrease in <br /> supply costs). <br /> 0 Increase other supplies (consolidation with another division, net agency decrease in <br /> supply costs). <br /> 0 Initiate contracted services with the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. <br /> 0 Increase due to the supplies needed to perform formerly contracted services in-house. <br /> Net decrease for the county after other contract reductions. <br /> a Increase funding for program payments. <br /> 0 Increase temporary funding for Work First clients. <br /> 0 Increase funding for subsidized childcare. <br /> ® Increase funding for adult day care. <br /> 0 Increase foster care board payments. <br /> 0 Increase funding for adoptions. <br /> ■ Increase adoption vendor payments. <br /> Cost of New Facilities ($495,294 Net Cost) <br /> 0 $990,587 in expenses; $495,249 in offsetting revenues <br /> The State will reimburse the County for 50% of Hillsborough Commons' <br /> expenses ($495,249). <br /> 0 The department will use Work First clients', requiring temporary employment to fulfill <br /> components of the program, for custodial assistance at Hillsborough Commons <br /> ($111417). <br /> 0 All operational costs associated with moving into the new facility are reflected in Social <br /> Services' budget ($941,482). <br /> 37-3 <br />