ORD-2005-014 - Budget Amendment #10

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c. Adolescent Parenting -additional funds totaling $20,518 related to the Adolescent Parenting program. These funds will be used to cover the program's year-end trip, to purchase a laptop and printer, and to support personnel to help with the current workload demands. These additional funds bring the current budget for this program to $39,418 for FY 2004-05. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds. (See Attachment 1, column #1) 2. The Department of Social Services has received the following funds that are set-aside in a special Adoption Enhancement Fund: a. Adoption. Services -funds totaling $12,341 from prospective adoptive parents to be used for pre-placement assessment. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds. (See Attachment 1, column #2) b. Foster Care Donations -donated funds totaling $325 from citizens to help sponsor the needs of a foster care child including, but not limited to, meals with parents, hair cuts, and field trips. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these donated funds. (See Attachment 1, column #2) 3. On March 15, 2005, the Board of County Commissioners approved a second appropriation of $50,000 from the Social Safety Net Reserve to the Department of Social Services to provide subsidies to families on the department's day care waiting list. On December 14, 2004, the Board approved the first appropriation of $50,000 for this purpose. With this appropriation, $150,952 remains available in the Social Safety Net Reserve for fiscal year 2004-05. This budget amendment provides for the appropriation of $50,000 from the Social Safety Net for day care subsidies. (See Attachment 1, column #3) Health Department 4. The Health Department's Smart Start Dental Screening and Education Referral Program has been awarded funds totaling $700 from Oral B, a subsidiary of the Gillette Corporation. This donation would be used to purchase technology that will improve the data collection and tracking system used during the children's annual dental screenings, including palm pilots for the screeners and a software system upgrade. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds. (See Attachment 3, Smart Start Grant Projecf Ordinance) Human Rights and Relations Department 5. The North Carolina Humanities Council has awarded the Orange County Human Rights and Relations Department amini-grant in the amount of $1,200. This grant will partially offset the speaker and publicity costs associated with the Human Relations Commission's Human Relations Month kick-off event that took place on February 6, 2005. This event included a spoken word performance by the "From the Inside Out North Carolina Women's Prison Repertory Company",and adiscussion/question session with Dr. Earl Smith, Chair of the Sociology Department for Wake Forest University. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds. (See Attachment 1, column #5)