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FINANCIALS <br /> Single-Stream Funding <br /> What is single-stream funding? <br /> System-wide reduction Cardinal reduction <br /> Single-Stream Funds are state dollars that <br /> LMElMCOs use to cover behavioral health <br /> services and supports for people who do not FY 2016 1 : 0 . <br /> have health insurance and do not qualify for _ <br /> Medicaid. FY 20T7 •, •, <br /> i <br /> Single-stream funds allow LME/MCOs to cover <br /> IN ngs that Medicaid does not, such as housing, FY 201$ : • � ` � • <br /> vocational programs,jail diversion activities, <br /> transportation,or supporting the cost of building • ; FY 2019 9 r 11 , _ _ * _ a <br /> mental health facilities. In short, single-stream <br /> dollars are an important safety net for at-risk <br /> North Carolinians. In FY 2019, Cardinal provided <br /> coverage for more than 26,500 people using <br /> single stream funds. Tote f • r <br /> r The NC General Assembly decides how much 'The i7gures for FY2020 represent re nsinthe final budgetPossedbyt eNCHouse <br /> single-stream funding to provide LMEfMCOs - and Senate,which was vetoed by Governor Cooper in June 2019.TVs of February2020,the <br /> sing stream reductions for FY20 remain in flux as the budget sfolemate between the NC <br /> each year. Between 2016 and 2020 the General GeneraiAssembfy and the Governor persists. <br /> Assembly has cut single-stream funding by more <br /> than $500 million while requ ring LME/MCOs to y� Xv <br /> maintain the same level of state-funded services <br /> as before the funding reductions. •" due ` fi`4 <br /> App- <br />