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DRS- ~oll-~~-~ <br /> <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 13, 2011 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. s - h <br />SUBJECT: Fiscal Year 2011-12 Budget Amendment #5 <br />DEPARTMENT: Financial Services <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Attachment 1. Budget as Amended <br />Spreadsheet <br />Attachment 2. Year-To-Date Budget <br />Summary <br />Attachment 3. Financing Calendar for <br />Elementary #11 <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Clarence Grier, (919) 245-2453 <br />PURPOSE: To approve budget, grant, and capital project ordinance amendments for Fiscal <br />Year 2011-12. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Department of Social Services <br />1. The Department of Social Services has received notification from the State of the <br />following additional revenues: <br />• Energy Administration Program -receipt of $123,776 from the Low Income Energy <br />Assistance Program (LIEAP) to help administer the Crisis Intervention Program. <br />This is a new block grant allocation to pay for crisis related heating needs for Orange <br />County senior citizens first, and then, to be used for other citizen based on funding <br />availability. <br />• Crisis Intervention Funds -receipt of an additional State allocation in the amount of <br />$353,380 to provide for the heating needs of Orange County residents in crisis. <br />• Home and Community Care Block Grant -receipt of an additional $6,665 in the FY <br />2011-12 allocation of Home and Community Care Block Grant funds through Triangle <br />J Council of Governments (TJCOG). The department plans to use these funds to pay <br />for services for the elderly to avoid institutional placement. <br />This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these additional funds for the above <br />stated purposes. (See Attachment 1, column #1) <br />