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39 <br /> 1 even fund the continuation budgets. She asked if the county were to fund another social worker, <br /> 2 would IFC be able to manage that. <br /> 3 Corey Root said current social workers at the IFC are amazing. She said that the way to <br /> 4 fill the gap is $200,000 in local money and this would allow the IFC to have a match and double <br /> 5 the size of their program by hiring two additional staff. She said there is a high acuity for <br /> 6 permanent supportive housing for folks experiencing chronic homelessness. <br /> 7 Chair Bedford said she asked, via email, if the COVID funding that is being cutback from <br /> 8 $6 million, is it still necessary to have as many of the housing helpline folks. She said that the <br /> 9 answer is that the calls are continuing to increase. <br /> 10 Commissioner Portie-Ascott asked how the number of people searching for housing with <br /> 11 vouchers has changed. <br /> 12 Corey Root said it has not changed since the pandemic. She said that despite throwing <br /> 13 a lot of interventions and ideas at the issue, a lot has not changed. She said that it is taking folks <br /> 14 an average of 90 days to find a unit to accept the voucher. <br /> 15 <br /> 16 Slide #53 <br /> Human Services <br /> Library Services — page 179 <br /> Total expendlture budget- $2,636:623 <br /> — Net County coats increase by$5.275comparedtoBase Bs;dget <br /> Recommended BudgetCnange <br /> — b5,050 hxTease in temporary staff 1w hourly rate increase <br /> — 5215 increase for mileage nate increase <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> all h:C>R-1"II C':.RCII_IQNA <br /> 17 <br /> 18 <br /> 19 <br /> 20 <br />