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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 1, 2001 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. I- � <br />SUBJECT: Budget Amendment #10 <br />DEPARTMENT: Budget Office PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Attachment 1: Budget as Amended Donna Dean 245 -2151 <br />Spreadsheet <br />Attachment 2: Request Letter from TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Efland Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Hillsborough 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968 -4501 <br />Durham 688 -7331 <br />Mebane 336- 227 -2031 <br />PURPOSE: To approve budget ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2000 -01. <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. No additional County funds are required for the <br />receipt of the funds included in the first five items below: <br />• LINKS - Funds totaling $20,300 would be used to train 21 additional foster care youth in <br />job preparation, maintenance, daily living skills and money management. These <br />additional funds bring the current budget for this program to $24,700. (See column #1, <br />attachment 1). <br />• Crisis Intervention Funds totaling $129,746 would be used for crisis related <br />heating /living needs of those citizens who are "medically at- risk ". To date this fiscal year, <br />the program has served more than 1,300 Orange County residents. The additional funds <br />bring the current budget for this program to $259,746. (See column #1, attachment 1). <br />• Permanency Planning - Additional funds totaling $5,000 would be used to support an <br />adoption awareness activity. These additional funds bring the current budget for this <br />program to $43,217. (See column #1, attachment 1). <br />• Energy Administration - To offset costs of staff who administer the Crisis Intervention <br />Program, the Department has received funds totaling $17,469. The additional funds <br />bring the current budget for this program to $30,567. (See column #1, attachment 1). <br />