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<br />1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 7, 1998 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~. d <br />SUBJECT: Budget Amendment #7 <br />DEPARTMENT: Budget Office PUBLIC HEARING: (YII~ <br />BUDGET AMENDIViENT: (Y/l~ <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Proposed Budget Amendment Donna Dean, Budget Director <br />Smart Start Grant Project Ordinance <br />Criminal Justice Partnership Grant Project extension 2151 <br />Ordinance <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider proposed budget ordinance amendments and grant project ordinances. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Department of Social Services <br />(1) As a part of Welfare Reform, the 1997 General Assembly approved Program Integrity. The <br />purpose of this program is to identify, investigate, and collect food stamp over payments. <br />Initially, each county receives $25,000 from the State to implement the program. As the <br />program develops, the department anticipates receiving additional monies from the federal <br />government to pay program costs. In addition, as overpayments are collected, the County will <br />receive one-third of those collections. The Department plans to use this year's payment to hire <br />a temporary employee, purchase equipment needed to support the program efforts and automate <br />the collection and reporting process. (see black #1, page 3) <br />(2) The Department of Social Services has received a Parent Education grant from the Orange <br />County Partnership for Young Children. These funds, totaling $7,498, will enable the <br />department to develop and implement parent education classes focused on developmental needs <br />of children ages 0-5. The attached Smart Start Grant Project Ordinance appropriates the <br />monies to the program. <br />(3) Orange County has received funds totaling $161,955 from the State. These funds will purchase <br />vocational skills and transportation costs for Work First participants at the Center for <br />Employment Training (CET) in Research Triangle Park. The County has a contract with the <br />