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3 Social Services have been over $150 per day. Social Services will also be able to seek federal reimbursement for some of these charges far eligible children. Social Services has and will continue to use various resources, mostly in programs outside of Orange County, to care for children until these services can be developed locally, Providing for these children has added costs to the foster care line item. Given the costs experienced to date, Social Services is expecting to need at least $57,226 to pay these additional expenses. Social Services anticipates that the overall costs for caring for children will be higher during this first year of transition and expects the casts to decrease some in subsequent years, If the work with OPC is effective, there may not be a need for all four emergency homes and Social Services would reduce these costs far Fiscal Year 2006-2007, With some experience with this type of contract, Social Services also expects to be able to draw revenues for the care of some of the children placed through the contract. After the program becomes operational, a better picture of these revenues will be available, Community agencies have worked together effectively during this crisis and all support this effort as an effective and appropriate approach to serving Orange County children, FINANCIAL IMPACT: The Social Services funding request totals $165,000. As outlined above, this amount would provide funding for the liaison contract with mental health, the contract with Caring Family Network, and the additional monies to cover the interim increase in the foster care budget. The approved budget far the County's contribution to Sheaffer House for the current fiscal year totals $165,000 and no funds have been expended from the account to-date. (The $165,000 budget does not include any of the funds appropriated through the Justice Partnership.) It is important to Hate that if local foster care resources cannot be developed quickly, additional funding may be required as the fiscal year progresses, Funding in future years would be addressed through the Department of Social Services budget, RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the recommendations of the work group, transfer $165,000 from the outside agency fund to the Social Services budget, approve the contract between Social Services and OPG for the liaison position and between Social Services and the Caring Family Network far emergency placement services and authorize the Chair to sign the contracts after review by the County Attorney and County Staff.