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For the Aging and OPT Department ($11,672 decrease) — Temporary wages were used in: • Aging - For adult day care staffing pending the assumption by Senior Care, Inc of adult care day staffing, for additional eldercare program social worker hours, night and weekend senior center operations workers, Senior Times assistant editor, back up for facility managers and a reading partners program worker. Orange Public Transportation — To provide drivers for special events, seasonal routes (such as those for schools), weekend coverage and substitutes for other drivers. For the Health Department ($62,193 increase) — Temporary wages in: • Animal Control - Were used for additional staffing to enter data on rabies vaccination certificates in the computer. Administration — Were used for temporary staff in support of the bioterrorism and medical reserve corp grants until permanent positions could be established and filled. Funds also used for master's level students who worked on a dental cost study; policy and procedure development; development of the Health Department web site; and data collection, focus groups and data analysis for the community health assessment. In addition, funds were used to cover for the vacant clinic support supervisor position. Environmental Health — Were used for staffing to collect water samples and for master's students who did research on wastewater system failure rates in the County and on financing systems for the WTMP expansion program. Personal Health — Were used to cover for several permanent employees out on extended leaves (nurses, nurse practitioner, laboratory technician), coverage for vacations and illness, and temporary staff for flu clinics. • Risk Management/Quality Assurance —Temporary clerical support for the new medical reserve corps. For the Recreation and Parks Department ($100,740 increase) - Temporary wages were used for: Seasonal staffing for camps, athletic activities and parks. • Year round staffing (with limited hours) to provide facility, after school and special event assistance, program leaders and parks maintenance. For the Social Services Department ($1,822 increase) - Temporary wages were used to staff the seasonal energy assistance program. Also funds were used for work first programs to conduct a retention study. Beyond this, funds were used to provide staffing coverage during several position vacancies and instances where employees were on extended leave.