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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE DIVISIONAL MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM MISSION:
To provide leadership and management to divisional programs that help residents
to achieve and maintain self-sufficiency.
The Economic Independence
Division provides rental assistance, temporary shelter, skills training and job
placement, financial assistance, emergency services, counseling, information
and referral, recruitment of volunteers, and neighborhood based social services
and educational programs.
Many of the programs administered
by the division are funded through federal and state grants from the Virginia
Department of Social Services, the Department of Labor, and the Department of
Housing and Urban Development. This
means that often participants must meet varied eligibility requirements and
programs must achieve performance measures mandated by different federal and
state funding agencies. In FY 2004 Arlington Works! expenditures, revenues,
and FTE's are reallocated to the Public Assistance Bureau and the Arlington
Employment Center. Arlington Works! was first created in FY 1996 to address the
state's mandate for Welfare Reform and develop a unique team approach to
serving TANF clients. Caseloads and
state allocations are declining; therefore, in FY 2004 resources are
reallocated back to their respective bureaus and job functions, while still
operating welfare reform eligibility and employment requirements on a smaller
scale. Overall, 8.2 FTEs have been
eliminated from or reallocated within the department as need decreased in Arlington Works!
The Section 8 Housing Program budget
($13,057,742, 16.0 FTEs), which is fully federally funded, is in the
Enterprise, Special Revenue and Internal Services Funds Section of the Proposed
Budget.
The following chart provides a
summary of the budget for the general fund portion of the Economic Independence
Division (excluding Section 8).
Expenditures are shown by program.
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ECONOMIC
INDEPENDENCE DIVISION
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FY 2002
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FY 2003
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FY 2004
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% Change:
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Actual
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Adopted
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Proposed
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03 to 04
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Divisional
Management
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$383,982
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$400,216
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$379,533
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-5%
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Crisis Assistance
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2,070,207
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2,190,955
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2,212,501
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1%
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Arl. Employment
Center
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6,091,280
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4,133,338
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4,996,920
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21%
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Public Assistance
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7,544,083
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7,681,087
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7,847,824
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2%
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Homeless Services
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1,771,675
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1,692,563
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1,727,882
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2%
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Total Expenditures
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17,861,227
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16,098,159
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17,164,660
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7%
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Fees
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9,136
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-
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-
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-
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State Share
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7,677,374
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5,391,420
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5,953,378
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10%
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Federal Grants
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394,273
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269,267
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283,645
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5%
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Public Assistance
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1,004,381
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719,049
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682,051
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-5%
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Other Grants
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98,052
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106,708
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115,327
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8%
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Total Revenues
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9,183,216
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6,486,444
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7,034,401
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8%
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Net Tax Support
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$8,678,011
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$9,611,715
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$10,130,259
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5%
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Authorized FTEs
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140.7
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132.7
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135.7
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Frozen FTEs
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(0.5)
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-
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-
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Funded FTEs
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140.2
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132.7
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135.7
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The budget for divisional
management includes a Division Chief, Administrative Officer, Information
Systems Analyst, and an Administrative Assistant. These staff provide leadership, planning, and management for the
divisional services. Many overhead
expenditures such as telephone charges (which are budgeted centrally in other
divisions) are budgeted in the individual programs in this Division through a
cost allocation system.
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Economic
Independence Divisional Management
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FY 2002
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FY 2003
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FY 2004
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% Change:
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Actual
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Adopted
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Proposed
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03 to 04
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Personnel
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$297,194
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$312,231
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$289,097
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-7%
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Non-Personnel
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86,788
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87,985
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90,436
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3%
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Total Expenditures
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383,982
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400,216
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379,533
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-5%
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Fees
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9,136
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-
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-
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-
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Net Tax Support
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$374,846
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$400,216
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$379,533
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-5%
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Authorized FTEs
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4.5
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4.5
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4.0
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Funded FTEs
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4.5
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4.5
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4.0
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SIGNIFICANT BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS:
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Personnel decreases are due to 0.5 FTE (Administrative
Assistant III $14,968 shared with Aging and Disability Services) reallocated to
Director's Office/Planning and Administration and anticipated hiring of a new
Division Chief at a lower step, which offsets normal step increases.
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Non-Personnel increases due to rent ($1,845) and telephone charges ($604)
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FY 2002 fees are miscellaneous revenues misposted
to this agency.
PERFORMANCE MEASURES:
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FY
2001
Actual
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FY
2002
Actual
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FY
2003
Estimate
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FY
2004
Estimate
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FY
2004
Target
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Mission Outcome Measures
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Percent of approved net tax support expended
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N/A
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94%
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95%
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95%
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95%
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Percent of employees achieving computer related
competencies
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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95%
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95%
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Section 8 lease-up rate
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82%
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84%
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100%
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100%
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95%
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Job placement rate in the Arlington Employment
Center
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75%
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73%
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70%
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70%
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70%
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Percent of financial applications in public
assistance processed timely/accurately
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95%/95%
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98%/97%
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94%/95%
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94%/95%
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94%/95%
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The target for the Section 8 lease-up rate is the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development's required minimum utilization rate
for rental subsidies.
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