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~~~ MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MAY 10, 1977 The Orange County Beard of Commissioners met jointly with the Orange County Social Services Board on Tuesday, May 10, 1977, at 6:3D p.m., at the Colonial Inn in Hillsborough to discuss the Social Services budget for 1977-1978. Present were Chairman Richard Whitted, Commissioners Norman Gustavesan, Jan Pinney, Norman Walker, and Donald Willhoit. Members of the Social Services Board present were Mae McLendon, Joanne Carl, John Ulmer, and Commissioner Walker. Others present were~S. M. Gattis, County Manager, Neal Evans, County Finance Officer, Tom Ward, Social Services Director, and Agatha Johnson Clerk. The Chairman stated that a month ago, the Social Services Director presented a tentative budget to the Commissioners for their approval in order to meet an .April 15, 1977 deadline. Now the Board of Commissioners must review and approve a final budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The Finance Director, Neal Evans, presented to the two Hoards budget information for the Social Services Department. He stated that the total budget was broken down into thirteen different programs including adminis- tration. The Social Services Director and the Finance Officer proceeded to review the proposed budget with the Boards. The first area of the Social Services Budget was DSS Administration. _ The objectives set out for 1977-78 are: (1) To continue overall super- vision of all agency programs to assure that operational cost of such programs remain within amounts in County approved budget. (2) To co- ordinate operation of all programs of most efficient delivery of services to clients. The total administration budget proposed for 1977-78 is $142,428. The program, Aid to Families with Dependent Children was reviewed. Objectives set forth for 1977-78 are: (1) To increase average number of AFDC persons served per month from 995 to 1025, due to continued growth patterns of program. (2) To increase average numbex of AFDC-FC persons served per month from 20 to 25. (3) To increase average AFDC monthly pay- ment from $58.50 to $59.00. (4) To increase average AFDC-FC monthly pay- : ment from $104 to $110. The proposed budget for this program for 1977-78 is $788,630. Commissioner Pinney questioned the increase of 75 AFDC recipients for the year. Mr. Ward stated that the AFDG level of appropriations is increased due to inflation. Applications and average costs have increased signifi- cantly in the past six months. The AFDC-FC increase is due to anticipated expanded eligibility regulations. The Finance Director stated that the 1025 number of AFDC recipients was arrived at in hopes that the State would approve this figure and then be in the position tc provide additional funding. - Mr. Ward read guidelines for budgeting of AFDC. He stated, "During fiscal year 1975-76, the total AFDC caseload showed a slight average monthly increase, however, during the calendar year of 1976, the average monthly increase was 633 recipients state-wide. The sufficient difference in the average monthly increase for the two separate twelve month periods was the result of the large increase of the number of AFDC recipients during the last six months of 1976. The average monthly increase during this period was 1668 against 633 for the preceding six months. The State-wide reci- pient account reached a low of 187,482 in July, 1975, however, by December of 1976, it had reached over 200,000. The average monthly AFDC recipients increased during the fiscal year 1975-76 was 145 recipients and calendar