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Regarding Club Nova (Appendix F-2), Assistant County Manager Gwen Harvey said that $80,000 was provided from the Critical Needs Reserve to further assist Club Nova in its divestiture from OPC. This past fiscal year, there was a request for supplemental funding related to Medicaid reimbursement. Club Nova, Inc., as the non-profit, did not make an outside agency request. The assumption was that the Board had factored in the supplemental request from Club Nova as part of the maintenance of effort that is provided to OPC. She does not think that this is the case. She believes that there was a miscommunication of the process to be pursued for any kind of supplemental funding, which is what this represents. This is why Karen Dunn came before the Board of County Commissioners at the budget public hearing. Karen Dunn said that last year, when Club Nava was divesting, the County allocated $66,663 in transition funding, and then it came back and requested an additional $75,000. Club Nava has issues similar to KidsCape, in that they continue to go through massive changes from the State level. Cammissianer Jacobs said that last year there was an issue about Medicaid reimbursement for case management and Karen Dunn said that Club Nova has never been paid the rate for providing case management. Commissioner Nelson asked if there would be the same kind of shortfall next year and Karen Dunn said that the rate increase will help. The rate has gone from $9.36 an hour to $11.60 an hour for PSR (Psychosocial Rehabilitation). For the long term, she hopes that they can rely mare on the private sector. Commissioner Nelson said that what the State has done to Club Nova is disgusting. He worries about getting these requests every year and how the County can fill in where the State has screwed up. He wants to find the $70,000, but it worries him. Chair Carey asked Linda Foxworth to come back in. He said that these are both vulnerable populations. He asked if this was a bailout of the State and if this is a trend. Linda Foxworth said that as long as the Division of Mental Health does not pull any more tricks, the programs should be fine. She said that she is not going depend on Medicaid funds to do that. She said that they should also look at grant funding. Karen Dunn pointed out another unfunded requirement; they are now required to write a daily note on every member who comes each day. It used to be a monthly note. This has gone from 100 notes per month to 1,010 notes per month. Non-Profit Organizations This item was addressed in Appendix F-4. Laura Blackmon said that there was an additional $14,500 to redistribute among some non-profit agencies. The amount that the agencies received this year is the amount that she recommends far next year. Under JOCCA, she did recommend an additional $5,000 because it will be serving more Meals on Wheels at the Seymour Center. She also recommended an additional $5,000 in the middle school after-school program at Gravelly Hill. The remaining $4,500 is recommended to go to the Foad Bank of Central and Eastern NC. Hope Line, Leaf Light, Special Olympics, and Youth Creating Change did not request any funding this year. Commissioner Jacobs asked if any of these agencies were contacted to ask why they did not request funding. Sharron Hinton said that Lori Taft asked Special Olympics about it, and it was an oversight. Special Olympics will apply next year. Commissioner Gordon asked about school nurses and if there is a list of where these nurses are. Staff will bring this information. Cammissianer Jacobs said that he would like someone to contact the agencies that did not request money -Leaf Light and Haw River Festival -and see if it was an inadvertent omission on their part.