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Nancy Coston said there are a number of services available. She said federal rules <br />have changed, and 18 year olds are allowed to voluntarily continue their involvement with DSS. <br />She said children can remain in foster care, or the equivalent funds can be used towards rent, <br />or establishment of an independent life. She said any plan is done in conjunction with the child <br />and the social worker. She said there is an independent living program to teach life skills to <br />middle to upper teenagers. <br />Travis Myren resumed the PowerPoint presentation: <br />■ Economic Services <br />Food and Nutrition /Employment and Training revenue increase <br />($340,000) <br />• Staff salaries <br />• Participant Expenses <br />■ 7 of 16 participants (44 %) are employed outside of <br />the program <br />• Navigator position with Durham Tech <br />■ 72 contacts leading to 141 course enrollments <br />Revenue increase for the DSS client operated cafe — ($21,000) <br />Public Assistance <br />• Transfer expense and revenue for medical transportation to <br />Orange Public Transportation Department — ($55,000) <br />Subsidy <br />• Remove expense and revenue ($1,000,528) related to Smart Start <br />Subsidy for Child Day Care <br />• State will make payments directly to providers in FY2017 -18 <br />Non - Departmental, Pg. 407 <br />• Total budgeted expenditures - $1,418,326 <br />• See Outside Agency recommendations <br />• No additional significant budget changes <br />Community Services (Functional Leadership Ranking Form, Pg. 533) <br />• Animal Services, Pg. 52 <br />• Total expenditure budget - $2,153,392 <br />• Administration Division <br />• Microchipping included in the adoption package for cats and dogs, <br />increasing adoption fee by $5 to $20 <br />• Increase the Out of County surrender fee from $50 to $60 <br />• Animal Shelter Division <br />• Increase in boarding fees <br />• Regular boarding - $2 increase to $12 per day <br />• Quarantine and court ordered boarding - $3 increase to <br />$18 per day <br />• Horses and other large animals — new $25 per day fee <br />• Animal Control and Protection Division <br />• Municipal service revenue changes <br />• Carrboro — increase of $6,936 due to average staff costs <br />• Chapel Hill — decrease of $1,092 due to staff cost <br />