ORD-2014-009 Ordinance approving Budget Amendment #5-A for Fiscal Year 2013-14 Plan for Use of Enhanced Medicaid Administration Funds

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2 overspending the agency overtime fund and is requesting to increase these funds to support the staff who have been working at night and on weekends. The total for these staff changes in Fiscal Year 2013 -2014 is approximately $100,000. In the current budget, funds were requested to make modifications to both Southern Human Services and Hillsborough Commons to develop self - service resource rooms. Although this was approved in the budget, the quotes for these changes are higher than the originally budgeted amount. The agency is requesting to use $20,000 of these funds to add to the budgeted amount to create resource rooms in the lobby at each site. The agency is also requesting computers, including some laptops, to allow staff to work at homes and at outpost sites. In addition some funds are requested to help equip the resource rooms and to equip the training room, given the ongoing need to train staff on NCFAST. Some additional printers and scanners are also needed to increase staff efficiency. The total for all of these items is anticipated to be below $40,000. The staff at DSS believes that this plan will help the agency meet the expectations in the public assistance programs and meet the state's requirements for a plan. FINANCIAL IMPACT: This plan utilizes additional revenue available to DSS for eligibility processing and will not require additional County funds in Fiscal Year 2014 or Fiscal Year 2015. The only requirement at this time is a County plan for reinvesting the funds to assure that DSS meets the processing standards for Medicaid, Work First and Food and Nutrition while implementing NCFAST. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the plan from DSS, approve Budget Amendment #5 -A for the additional Medicaid revenue of $160,000, establish one (1) time - limited Human Services Specialist effective February 18, 2014 through June 30, 2015, extend three (3) existing time limited Human Services Specialists through June 30, 2015, fund capital for additional computer /technology and building changes and fund additional overtime at DSS.