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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 1, 2000 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> SUBJECT: Budget Amendment#3 <br /> DEPARTMENT: Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): <br /> Attachment 1. , Smart Start Grant INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Project Ordinance Donna Dean 245-2151 <br /> Attachment 2. Medicaid Maximization <br /> Capital Project TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Ordinance Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Attachment 3. Pathways Elementary Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> School Construction Durham 688-7331 <br /> Project Mebane 336-227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE:,To approve a grant project ordinance and two capital project ordinances for fiscal <br /> year 2000-01. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> Smart Start Grant Project Ordinance <br /> 1. The Orange County Library received funds to continue the Traveling Treasures program. <br /> The purpose of the grant is to develop and improve reading skills for Hispanic preschoolers <br /> and their families. The Library will circulate bilingual library materials to day care centers <br /> throughout the County, particularly in northern Orange County. The Smart Start Grant <br /> Project Ordinance on Attachment 1 of this abstract provides for the receipt of the additional <br /> grant funds. <br /> Health Department Medicaid Maximization Capital Project Ordinance <br /> 2.. As required by the federal government since 1994, each state "sets aside" a portion of <br /> annual Medicaid earnings as a contingency to avoid over expenditures. The funds are <br /> referred to as "federal cost settlement funds" or "Medicaid maximization funds". Should the <br /> federal government not need to use the withheld funds, it reimburses the funds to the State <br /> on an annual basis. In turn, the State passes these funds along to local Health Departments. <br /> There are several requirements regarding use of the funds: <br /> • Funds are required to be budgeted and expended to further the objectives of the <br /> program that generated the receipts; <br /> • Funds may be expended for a variety of public health needs and activities or they <br /> may be held in reserve for future needs of the department; <br /> • Funds are not to replace current budget allocations for these program areas. <br />