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Social Services - 8:00 p.m. <br /> Social Services Director Angelina Noel introduced Sabrina McGinnes who works on the <br /> budget for Social Services. Adult Protective Services and Child Protective Services provide <br /> protection for the County's most vulnerable population. DSS aims to increase public trust <br /> through education and collaboration, while also monitoring of adult care homes and support <br /> vulnerability of the aging population. The focus is also on educating social workers for high <br /> risk cases for children in foster care. DSS also provides MAPP classes to the public for <br /> individuals interested in becoming foster parents. Staff continues to provide food, medical <br /> assistance, and financial assistance for individuals in the County. All DSS programs that <br /> are mandated by state or federal statute include food and nutrition services, crisis <br /> intervention, LEAP, and Non-emergency Medicaid <br /> Transportation The only two programs not mandated by the state or federal government, <br /> is the community alternative program and adult daycare program. Both of these <br /> programs allow individuals to age in home with care givers. The average cost of care for <br /> long term placement is $6,800 a month. Adult daycare cost is $641 per month which <br /> allow caregivers that work to allow the person to stay in their home. In FY 19-20 CAPP <br /> generated $125,000 of revenue for the County. Adult Daycare is reimbursed at 85% of <br /> federal funding. Requesting a program manager to give a single person who can <br /> prepare for program audits and provides for opportunity for management to be more <br /> involved in the community and outreach and education. A county decrease of$400,000 <br /> is projected. Significant changes to revenue for upcoming budget is anticipated to <br /> decrease in CAPP revenues. The state has taken over maintenance of the waiting list. <br /> There has also been a decrease in placement of older adults. A request for an upgrade <br /> from a IMC I to an IMC Administrator to allocate across all programs was requested in <br /> this budget. Significant changes to the overall budget this year includes expenses for <br /> personnel, increases in insurance premiums, request for additional program to be over <br /> adult services and child support, upgrade from IMC I to IM Administrator, and upgrade <br /> from PAIII to PA IV, postage increases, phone stipends for social workers in the field, <br /> and a request to replace 2 vehicles. The two vehicles, a 2005 Chevy Impala and 2006 <br /> Dodge Caravan, have exhausted their useful life. The timeframe for Medicaid <br /> Transformation is July 1 until the end of September. The estimate is 97% of those that <br /> were auto enrolled were able to get a plan that the Primary Care Physician was enrolled <br /> in based on their previous provider. <br /> Social Services Budget Summary <br /> 4 <br />