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$2,000 in unbudgeted revenues. The department plans to use the additional revenues to <br />offset costs of the program <br />This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds for the above purposes. (See <br />Attachment 1, column #1 and Attachment 3, Senior Citizen Health Promotion Program Grant <br />Project Ordinance) <br />Health Department <br />2. The Health Department has received notification of the receipt of additional funds for the <br />current fiscal year for the following programs: <br />Family Planning -receipt of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) funds <br />totaling $7,650 and additional Title X Family Planning funding totaling $3,473 to offset <br />costs of the family planning clinics. <br />• Aid to Counties -receipt of $25,000 in State funds for a statewide focal Health <br />Department Accreditation initiative to offset costs associated with the accreditation <br />process. Staff anticipates that the total cost of the Accreditation process will be <br />approximately $25,000-$30,000. Funds exceeding the $25,000 amount will be covered <br />within the Health Department budget and/or with Medicaid Maximization funds. In <br />addition, the Department has received $15,000 from the State to improve essential <br />services offered to clients. Critical needs at this time are in areas of refugee health, <br />communicable disease, and language services for these programs. <br />• Healthy Carolinians -receipt of State funds totaling $12,048 to assist with costs <br />associated with disseminating Community Health Assessment findings to the public, <br />partners, and leaders in the community and promoting the Healthy Carolinians <br />partnership. <br />This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these State funds for the above purposes. <br />(See Attachment 1, column #2) <br />Solid Waste Enterprise Fund <br />3. The Solid Waste Department received notification from The Talking Phone Book officials of <br />funds totaling $3,000 to cover the department's costs for advertising related directly to <br />phonebook recycling. Advertising will run in local media prior to, during, and after November <br />2007 distribution. The ads will remind residents and businesses to recycle old phonebooks <br />upon receipt of the new phonebooks. Environmentally conscious, The Talking Phone Book <br />strives to ease the impact on the waste stream created by the distribution of new <br />phonebooks. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds in the Solid <br />Waste Enterprise Fund for the above stated purpose. (See Attachment 1, column #3) <br />Department of Social Services <br />4. The Department of Social Services has received the following donations: <br />• Foster Care Donations -donated funds totaling $1,555 from citizens of Orange County to <br />help with the needs of foster care clients. <br />