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24 <br /> NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS—2011-2012—LEGISLATIVE GOALS <br /> Goal Accomplished Goal Partially Accomplished Goal Not Met <br /> Health and Human Services <br /> 1. &nsure adequate mental health funding <br /> • Seek legislation to ensure adequate capacity of state-funded acute psychiatric beds. <br /> • Oppose legislation to close state-funded beds until there is adequate capacity statewide. <br /> • Seek legislation to maintain the existing levels of state funding for community mental health services. <br /> 2. Retain state aid to counties-Seek legislation to retain the State Aid to Counties to maintain federal matching <br /> funds. <br /> 3. OAHow county flexibility to organize local human services <br /> • Seek legislation to allow counties to organize human services based on community need,including the removal of <br /> the population threshold in 153A-77. <br /> • Oppose legislation that would mandate consolidation of social services functions. <br /> 4. (Y)Maintain childcare subsidy funds and allocate to counties <br /> • Seek legislation to allocate all childcare subsidy funding directly to counties. <br /> • Oppose legislation that would reduce childcare,subsidy funding. <br /> 5. OMaintain TANF funds to counties - Seek legislation to maintain existing levels of county TANF funding to <br /> support and fund county DSS programs. <br /> 6. OMaintain childcare subsidy administration - Seek legislation to maintain the Child Care Subsidy <br /> Administration funding at 5 percent <br /> t��) <br /> 7. WJncrease state/county special assistance residency requirements- Seek legislation to increase the number of <br /> days to establish residency for Special Assistance from 90 to 180 days, except for persons who have entered the state <br /> to be supported by a close relative. <br /> S. `_:/Require back-up generators for adult-care homes - Seek legislation to require all new adult-care homes to <br /> have back-up generators prior to receiving certificates of occupancy and require all existing adult-care homes to be <br /> equipped with back-up generators within three years. <br /> 9. OExpedite NCFAST automation and policy simplification- Seek legislation to expedite the implementation of <br /> NC FAST and ensure automation builds on program and policy simplification and includes interface protocols. <br /> V--\ <br /> 10. U/ Retain "electing"counties' financial incentives- Seek legislation to retain financial incentives for counties to <br /> be"electing"counties. <br />