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12.11. 8a 13:u1 01 919 733 lu65 NCACC U 19 <br /> %o Count+Dollars ftffions) <br /> Food Stamps-Administration 48.93 $ 29.76 <br /> Direct Payment --- ---- <br /> AFDC-Administration 49.89 28.63 <br /> Direct Payment 18.12 55.88 <br /> Medicaid-Administration 49.96 35.37 <br /> Direct Payment 5.47 216.97 <br /> Special Assistance-Administration 99.96 3.05 <br /> Direct Payment 50.00 47.95 <br /> Increases in the costs of these programs, particularly Medicaid,have been in double digits <br /> over the last ten years,though the increases have slowed in the last two to three years. <br /> The resolution proposing that the Association ask the General Assembly i o assume the <br /> total cost of these programs was submitted by a number of counties. <br /> 5. Institute of Government improvements <br /> Support legislation to appropriate funds for the expansion and renovation of the <br /> Institute of Government in Chapel Hill. (Legislative Goals Committee). <br /> The Institutc of Government in Chapel Bill has provided training and education for public <br /> officials«state and local, elected and appointed—since the 1930's. In 1.995,the General <br /> Assembly appropriated fimds to plan for renovation and expansion of the Institute facility <br /> so that it could continue to meet the ever expanding educational needs of public officials <br /> and do so with modern and innovative teaching methods and technology. The design of <br /> the expanded facdity calls for a construction cost of 516.1 million The iWociation's <br /> Board of Directors voted to support this funding request prior to the 1956 Legislative <br /> Session and the Legislative Goals Committee, meeting in our headquarters budding named <br /> after the Institute's founder, endorsed the request as a goal for 1997. <br /> Revised 11/25196 <br />