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O ~.©- ~oa~ - ~a ~ <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 6, 2002 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~~. <br />SUBJECT: Bud et Amendment #4 <br />DEPARTMENT: Budget Office <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Attachment 1: Budget as Amended <br />Spreadsheet <br />Attachment 2: Community Based Public <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Donna Dean, 245-2151 <br />Health Initiative Grant TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Project Ordinance Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill .968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To approve budget ordinance and grant project ordinance: amendments for fiscal <br />year 2001-02. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />1. Department of Social Services <br />The Department of Social Services has received notification from the State of additional <br />allocation of funds for the following programs: <br />• LIEAP (Energy Administration) -additional funds in the amount of $3,546 will be used <br />to offset costs of staff administering the Crisis Intervention Program. These additional <br />funds bring the current budget for this program to $16,644. (See column #1, attachment <br />1) <br />• CHORE (EDS) -additional funds in the amount of $18,000 will be used to purchase <br />long-term care medical supplies and equipment to enable clients to remain in their own <br />home instead of being institutionalized. These additional funds bring the current budget <br />for this program to $43,000. (See column #1, attachment 1) <br />• Day Care Funding -additional funds in the amount of $477,784 for Day Care will be <br />used to provide subsidies to low income families for child care. As of the end of January <br />2002; the Department has served 962 children through this program. These additional <br />funds bring the current budget for this program to $2,984,784. (See column #1, <br />attachment 1) <br />