Agenda - 01-23-2018 8-f - Fiscal Year 2017-18 Budget Amendment #5

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n The creation and preservation of infrastructure, policies, programs and funding necessary for residents to provide shelter, food, clothing and medical care for themselves and their dependents. 6. The Department of Social Services has received Emergency Food and Shelter funds of $10,333 from the State for FY 2017 -18. These funds will be used to provide general client assistance, mainly rent and utility payments, and to continue to provide adult day care to clients currently receiving it. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds. (See Attachment 1, column 6) SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goal is applicable to this item: • GOAL: ENSURE ECONOMIC SELF - SUFFICIENCY The creation and preservation of infrastructure, policies, programs and funding necessary for residents to provide shelter, food, clothing and medical care for themselves and their dependents. Criminal Justice Resource Department 7. The Criminal Justice Resource Department (CJRD) and the Sheriff's Office have worked in conjunction towards having five (5) GPS ankle monitors available for the CJRD's Pretrial Release program. The Sheriff's Office is providing $10,000 in available funds from its Jail Inmate Fund, and the CJRD will contract with a monitoring service compact for the GPS ankle monitors as a permissible use of these funds. These funds will enable CJRD to offer this GPS monitoring option for five defendants at a time for the remainder of the fiscal year who could not afford the associated expense and would otherwise have to remain in custody until their cases were resolved. This budget amendment provides for the transfer of funds ($10,000) from the Jail Inmate Fund to the CJRD in the General Fund for the above stated purpose. With this allocation, approximately $57,200 remains currently available in the Jail Inmate Fund. (See Attachment 1, column 7) SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goal is applicable to this item: • GOAL: CREATE A SAFE COMMUNITY The reduction of risks from vehicle /traffic accidents, childhood and senior injuries, gang activity, substance abuse and domestic violence. FINANCIAL IMPACT: Financial impacts are included in the background information above. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these additional funds and increases the FY 2017 -18 budgets in the General Fund by $25,493, increases the Grant Projects Fund by $28,400, increases the Adoption Enhancement Fund by $50,400, and decreases the Jail Inmate Fund by $10,000. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board approve budget and grant project ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2017 -18.