NA ORD-2002-010 Budget Amendment #6

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r 2 Health Department 4. The Health Department has received notification of additional State grant funds totaling $10,520 for its Intensive Home Visiting Program. This funding is made available by the North Carolina Children's Trust Fund and expenditures must be reported to the North Carolina Division of Public Health by June 19, 2002 in order for the County to- receive reimbursement. The goal of this program is to decree( se child abuse and neglect, improve parent -child interaction, ensure adequate use of preventive family support services, and improve children's health and development. The additional funds will be used to purchase incentives, such as baby birth supplies, and educational supplies to families who participate in the program. This brings the total budget for the grant project to $179,139 for the current fiscal year. (see Intensive Home Visiting Grant Project Ordinance, Attachment 2) Library 5. As part of the Telecommunications Act of 2996, the Universal Service Fund "schools and libraries" program was established. One provision of the Act was to provide discounts of 20 to 90 percent for telecommunication services, Internet access, and internal connections to schools and libraries. The discount that individual schools and libraries receive depends on economic need (as determined by the National School Lunch Program) and location, such as rural or urban. Funding for these discounts comes through the telecommunications industry to the Universal Service Fund. Orange County Public Library's discount is based on basic telephone service only. This year, the Orange County Library has received a -rate discount funds totaling $4,564 from Sprint. These discount funds will be used to purchase a Gates computer for patron access, conference room tables (to replace damaged ones) and book carts for patron access to library services. Funds will also be used to continue the maintenance agreement on the library security system. There is no County match for the receipt of these funds. (see Attachment 1, column #5) FINANCIAL IMPACT: Financial impacts are included in the background information above. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board of County Commissioners approve the attached grant project and budget ordinance amendments.