|
FY 1995:
|
-
|
Added
4.7 FTEs (2.0 FTEs Public Health Nurse, 2.2 FTEs, Clinic Aide
and 0.5 FTE Administrative Aide) for the School Health Program, for
total additional funding of $209,134.
|
|
- |
Included
additional EDWAA funds ($593,061) for employment and training services, added
1.0 FTE Employment Services Specialist and made 6.0 FTEs
grant-funded permanent (1.0 FTE Word Processing Operator, a
2.0 FTEs Employment Development Specialists and 3.0 FTEs Employment
Services Specialists).
|
|
.
|
- |
Restored
1.0 FTE Mental Health Therapist ($53,156) to provide mental health
services in the Detention Facility
|
|
- |
Provided
funding ($40,129) for mental retardation vocational services for three
graduates of special education programs.
|
|
-
|
Increased
funding ($154,092) for a comprehensive, integrated and accessible English
Language Training Program.
|
|
-
|
Restored
the Refuse Relief Program ($50,784) to provide waivers for eligible
residents.
|
|
-
|
Provided
full year funding for the Residential Program Center, projected to open in
June 1994 (an additional $653,826 over FY 1994).
|
|
-
|
Appropriated
additional federal revenue of $49,600 to offset expenditures for the
Residential Program Center.
|
|
-
|
Increased
funding ($271,000) for Comprehensive Services for At-risk Youth and Families
(CSA) to provide services for youth at risk of out-of-home placements and
their families.
|
|
-
|
Included
$100,881 to develop a transitional living program for individuals recovering
from substance abuse.
|
|
-
|
Increased
fees in Environmental Health, Madison Adult Day Care Center, Prescription
Medication Program, Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse programs.
|
|
-
|
Transferred
a Multicultural Coordinator position from the Department of Libraries.
|
|
|
|
|
FY
1996:
|
-
|
Increased
funding ($28,121) and added 0.5 FTE for a comprehensive worksite
tuberculosis screening and monitoring program within the Occupational Health
Unit.
|
|
-
|
Added
0.6 FTEs (School Health Clinic Aide) to support a new clinic at the old
Page School site ($24,670).
|
|
-
|
Increased
funding ($101,274 NTS) to support vocational, training and employment options
for school graduates with mental retardation.
|
|
-
|
Froze
0.5 FTEs of the Health Promotion position, for which funding and an FTE
were reallocated in FY 1996.
|
|
- |
Increased
fees in Environmental Health and Mental Health, Mental Retardation and
Substance Abuse services; revised fee structure for Madison Adult Day Health
Care Center. Increased the co-payment
of the Prescription Medication Program by one dollar.
|
|
- |
Began
phase-out of Refuse Relief services for households with incomes exceeding
$20,000.
|
|
-
|
Eliminated
the Transit Subsidy Program, reallocating $97,000 to the Homeless Prevention
Program, Case Management Services for persons with HIV/AIDS and the Emergency
Needs Fund.
|
|
-
|
Reallocated
funds for additional psychiatrist and psychiatric intern time (40 hours each)
for Medication Services in the Mental Health, Mental Retardation and
Substance Abuse Services Division.
|
|
-
|
Added
$245,459 NTS for mandated services under Comprehensive Services for At-Risk
Youth.
|
|
-
|
In the
General Relief program, eliminated the ten percent local supplement and the
program component serving persons who are unemployable due to age and lack of
training.
|
|
-
|
Increased
clients' share of the cost for subsidized child day care services. Also reduced the child care budget by an
additional $87,734 NTS.
|
|
-
|
Reduced
the transportation budget for vocational/day placements for persons with
mental retardation ($48,000).
|
|
-
|
Included
continued funding for the Tuberculosis Outreach Grant ($25,515,
0.6 FTE).
|
|
|
|
|
FY
1997:
|
-
|
Increased
funding ($44,649 NTS) to support vocational, training and employment options
for school graduates with mental retardation.
|
|
- |
Increased
funding ($52,934 NTS) to fund an additional 15 hours of contract psychiatric
time for emergency and after hours support.
Reallocated funds from freezing a Mental Health Therapist position in
Substance Abuse Outpatient Services ($54,744) and $25,154 from other
contractual services to support 25 hours of contract psychiatric time in the
base budget.
|
|
-
|
Provided
local funding ($16,773) for Indigent Health Care/HealthLink to replace lost
grant funding.
|
|
- |
Implemented
full year funding of the Welfare Reform/Self-Sufficiency Program through the
addition of new state and federal revenue ($81,163) and a reallocation of
existing funds and positions already in the budget ($736,821, 9.0 FTEs).
|
|
-
|
Eliminated
the Summer Youth Employment Program due to the abolishment of federal funds
($681,471).
|
|
-
|
Reallocated
funds and appropriated new revenue to expand the Clarendon House program.
|
|
-
|
Reallocated
funds ($26,404) in the Agency on Aging to continue the Personal Advocate
Service.
|
|
-
|
Approved
a three percent rate increase for Community Care Home providers and Contract
Companions.
|
|
-
|
Added
$1.0 million ($0.45 million NTS) for the Comprehensive Services for At-Risk
Youth (CSA) program.
|
|
-
|
Added
1.0 FTE ($52,158) for case management services for persons with mental
retardation.
|
|
|
|
|
FY
1998:
|
-
|
Transferred
the Schools' portion of CSA funding to the Schools budget ($2,432,000
expenditures/$1,308,999 revenue).
|
|
-
|
Added
$476,674 ($214,503 NTS) to CSA to support the projected needs for foster care
residential services.
|
|
- |
Increased
funding $64,437 ($62,277 NTS) to support vocational, training and employment
options for school graduates with mental retardation.
|
|
-
|
Appropriated
$225,000 effective October 1, 1997 to begin addressing the residential
service needs of persons with mental retardation whose aging and/or disabled
caretakers can no longer care for them.
|
|
- |
Provided
private, non-profit agencies with a one percent increase ($54,534).
|
|
-
|
Added
$251,197 to fully fund the projected need for Adoption Subsidy Programs and
ADC Foster Care.
|
|
-
|
Added
$220,000 to integrate the Public Health division with the Virginia Department
of Health's VISION system.
|
|
-
|
Increased
funding ($17,500) to support workplace literacy and general English as a
Second Language efforts.
|
|
-
|
Transferred
funding for the Ethiopian Community Development Council, Inc. (ECDC) from the
DHS budget to the Regionals section ($18,456).
|
|
-
|
Allocated
$17,000 to support Food for Others which must be matched dollar for dollar
with new fund raising.
|
|
-
|
Added
$24,500 for Health Promotions to provide health risk appraisals for an
additional 390 employees.
|
|
-
|
Reduced
targeted employment services by $776,328 in response to decreased federal
allocations.
|
|
-
|
Reduced
General Relief $95,264 ($36,419 NTS) to reflect anticipated caseload trends
and the full year impact of the reduction in benefit period in FY 1997
for persons qualifying under the "unemployable" category.
|
|
-
|
Eliminated
one Substance Abuse Outpatient Services position in response to the
withdrawal of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds.
|
|
-
|
Consolidated
the Adult Services and Communicable Disease Bureau and the HIV/AIDS Bureau in
the Public Health division resulting in a savings of $80,430 due to the
elimination of a Bureau Chief position.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
Reduced
the budget for Child Day Care Purchased Services by $218,203, based on
FY 1997 allocation levels and held net tax support levels flat.
|
|
- |
Froze
2.0 FTEs to include 0.5 FTE Records Assistant, Planning and
Administration Division; 1.0 FTE Outpatient Substance Abuse Services and
0.5 FTE Administrative Assistant, Arlington Employment Center.
|
|
- |
Eliminated
2.1 FTEs to include 1.0 FTE Bureau Chief, Public Health Division;
0.3 FTE Nurse Practitioner, Occupational Health; 0.1 FTE Physician,
Adult Health and Communicable Disease; 0.3 FTE Audiometric Technician,
School Health and 0.4 FTE Mental Health Therapist II, Substance Abuse
Prevention.
|
|
-
|
Increased
fees for the Madison Center, and Swimming Pool license and plan reviews.
|
|
-
|
Implemented
fee adjustments in most programs within the Mental Health, Mental Retardation
and Substance Abuse Services Division, and mental health and substance abuse
services within the Child and Family Services Division and Office on Aging
and Disability Services.
|
|
|
|
|
FY
1999:
|
-
|
Provided
a one-percent increase for agencies with which the Department contracts for
services on a grant basis ($53,064).
|
|
- |
Eliminated
10.6 FTEs to include 1.0 FTE Accounting Technician I, 1.0 FTE
Records Assistant III, 0.8 FTE Word Processor, 0.5 FTE Public
Health Nurse, 1.0 FTE Nurse Practitioner, 1.0 FTE VIEW Child Care
Specialist, 1.0 FTE Program Supervisor in Mental Health, 4.3 FTEs
various grant funded positions.
|
|
- |
Funded
an expansion of the Healthy Families/CHIP program ($100,000) including
1.0 FTE Public Health Nurse and funding for Northern Virginia Family
Services.
|
|
- |
Transferred
the budget for the Jail Mental Health program to the Sheriff's Office
($108,789).
|
|
- |
Funded
a Housing Coordinator position ($55,671, 1.0 FTE) to plan, develop and
monitor residential services for persons with mental retardation and serious
mental illness.
|
|
- |
Reduced
funding for residential substance abuse treatment for youth ($22,000).
|
|
- |
Revised
the fee policy for the outpatient substance abuse services to clients
referred by the Alcohol Safety Action Program (ASAP), eliminating the
established sliding fee scale and charging the full fee for services (with a
provision for flexible payment plan). The projected revenue is $105,000.
|
|
- |
Eliminated
funding for 2 vocational slots for persons with mental retardation, which
would become available through program attrition.
|
|
- |
Approved
funding for new vocational slots for 3 students graduating from the Arlington
Public Schools Special Education program ($64,437).
|
|
- |
Eliminated
the Refuse Relief program ($30,052).
|
|
- |
Increased
the number of hours worked to qualify as a working family in the Housing
Grants program ($55,140 in savings).
|
|
- |
Froze
2.0 FTEs which include 0.5 FTE Records Assistant, Planning and
Administration Division, 1.0 FTE Mental Health Therapist, Adult
Substance Abuse Services, 0.5 FTE Administrative Assistant, Arlington
Employment Center.
|
|
- |
Added
1.0 FTE (transferred from Libraries) to provide human services
information and referral.
|
|
|
|
|
FY
2000:
|
-
|
Eliminated
8.2 FTEs: 1.0 FTE Eligibility Worker, Arlington Works!; 2.0 FTE Human Service Aides, Public
Assistance Services; 0.5 FTE Mental Health Therapist, Child and Family
Services; 1.0 FTE Clinic Aide, School Health; 0.1 FTE Mental Health
Worker, Mental Health Services; 0.8 FTE Physician, Geriatric Clinic;
0.4 FTE Clinic Aide, Geriatric Clinic; 0.4 FTE Administrative
Assistant, Geriatric Clinic; 1.0 FTE Administrative Assistant and
1.0 FTE Management Specialist transferred to the Department of Parks,
Recreation and Community Resources with the Health Promotion Program.
|
|
- |
Reduced
funding in General Relief ($123,552), Refugee Assistance ($101,730), and day
care for Arlington Works! ($283,127)
based on projected caseloads.
|
|
- |
Reduced
funding in the Comprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth Program ($218,997)
based on an expected shift in reimbursement to Medicaid for certain services
and caseload stability.
|
|
|
|
|
- |
Reduced
Arlington Works! Funding ($186,377)
to reflect a reduction in state allocation and declining caseloads.
|
|
- |
Increased
funding for subsidized adoption programs ($39,190) and foster care
($138,790).
|
|
- |
Added
the Volunteer Services Program ($140,355, 2.2 FTEs) which was transferred
from the County Manager's Office.
|
|
-
|
Transferred
the Health Promotion Program ($166,146, 2.0 FTEs) to the Department of
Parks, Recreation and Community Resources.
|
|
- |
Increased
the rates for selected categories of contract Companions and Community Care Home
providers.
|
|
- |
Increased
the fees for the Madison Center, and Environmental Health swimming pool
licensing and plan reviews.
|
|
- |
Provided
$100,922 ($90,072 NTS) and 0.3 FTE for transitional services for special
education students with mental retardation.
|
|
- |
Provided
$67,624 ($37,624 NTS) and 1.0 FTE for employment services for persons
with serious mental illness.
|
|
- |
Provided
$61,127 ($27,632 NTS) and 1.0 FTE for intensive outreach and case
management for hard-to-serve adults with serious mental illness.
|
|
- |
Provided
$51,697 ($12,169 NTS) and 1.0 FTE for mental health services for Spanish
speaking children and families.
|
|
- |
Provided
$53,747 ($0 NTS) and 1.0 FTE for child health services.
|
|
- |
Provided
$142,053 and revenue of $158,788, and 3.0 FTEs to expand the continuum
of care for children's mental health treatment services.
|
|
- |
Increased
the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) grant ($34,584 and 1.0 FTE).
|
|
- |
Increased
grant funding from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for
the Arlington-Alexandria Coalition for the Homeless Adopt-A-Family Program
($52,946).
|
|
- |
Unfroze
0.5 FTE Records Assistant, 1.0 FTE Mental Health Therapist, and
0.5 FTE Administrative Assistant as part of a larger reallocation within
the Department in support of the implementation of the Information Technology
Strategic Plan.
|
|
|
|
|
FY
2001:
|
-
|
Eliminated
1.0 FTE Mental Health, Clarendon House Consumer Housing Outreach grant.
|
|
- |
Eliminated
1.0 FTE Public Health, WIC Immunization Project grant.
|
|
- |
Eliminated
0.5 FTE Child and Family Services, Sexual Assault Education grant.
|
|
- |
Eliminated
1.0 FTE Agency on Aging, Managed Care Ombudsman grant.
|
|
- |
Added
$161,972 and 3.0 FTEs for the School Health Program.
|
|
- |
Added
$129,000 and 2.0 FTEs for the Rat Control Program. Transferred $61,046 and 1.0 FTE from
DCPHD and transferred $5,000 from DPW for this program.
|
|
- |
Added
$230,265 and 1.8 FTEs for vocational services for eight graduates of the
County's special education program and case management services for clients
with mental health retardation.
|
|
- |
Added
$93,989 and 2.0 FTEs for mental health case management services to
adults with serious mental illness.
|
|
- |
Added
$60,000 for low-income Culpeper Garden residents in assisted living.
|
|
- |
Added
$153,695 for the Housing Grants Program beginning January 1, 2001.
|
|
- |
Added
$5,600,000 for rent and expenses associated with the consolidation of DHS
programs at 3033 Wilson Blvd.
|
|
- |
Decreased
OTIS expenditures $933,037 reflecting the elimination of OTIS charges for
data processing and personal computers as part of the transition of OTIS from
an enterprise fund to a general fund department.
|
|
- |
Decreased
the General Relief Program $115,815 and the State/Local Hospitalization
Program $44,991.
|
|
- |
Increased
Housing Grants $53,600, Prescription Medication $29,683, and Auxiliary Grants
$28,341 based on projected caseloads.
|
|
- |
Transferred
the Community Outreach Centers from DPRCR ($316,938, 7.5 FTE).
|
|
|
|
|
- |
Increased
Arlington Employment Center $72,532 based on an increase in grant funding.
|
|
- |
Reduced
subsidized day care for Arlington
Works! Clients $196,865 based on projected caseloads.
|
|
- |
Provided
full year funding for the Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT)
Team ($125,789).
|
|
- |
Eliminated
the Home Health Program ($79,440).
|
|
- |
Provided
full year funding for the Arlington Health Foundation grants for the Healthy
Families/CHIP and Resource Mothers programs ($80,580).
|
|
- |
Increased
the license fees for swimming pools for a seasonal establishment from $155 to
$165 and for a year round establishment from $425 to $435.
|
|
- |
Increased
the application processing fee for food establishments from $25 to $35.
|
|
- |
Established
a late pick-up fee for Madison Adult Day Health Care Center
Participants. The late pick-up fee is
imposed after the first incident at a rate of $15 for each fifteen minutes a
participant is picked up late.
|
|
|
|
|
FY
2002:
|
-
|
Eliminated
2.6 FTEs funded through grants not continuing.
|
|
- |
Added 0.2 FTE for case management services
related to the new public school graduates
|
|
- |
Added
1.0 FTE as a full-year adjustment for two grant funded positions.
|
|
- |
Added
$98,500 and 2.0 FTEs for the Comprehensive Health Investment Project
(CHIP).
|
|
- |
Added
$39,000 and 1.0 FTE for Family Health Services.
|
|
- |
Added
$130,500 and 2.0 FTEs for monitoring and review relating to new federal
IV-E funding.
|
|
- |
Added
$71,300 and 1.0 FTE for Mental Health home based services.
|
|
- |
Added
$103,062 and 2.0 FTEs for adult Mental Health and Substance Abuse
services.
|
|
- |
Provided
$270,921 and 1.0 FTE in new funding for West Nile virus monitoring and
control (approximately 56% of which is for contractual services).
|
|
- |
A
1.0 FTE position on loan from the Department of Community Planning,
Housing and Development was returned to its home department.
|
|
- |
A
0.5 FTE is frozen in the Arlington
Works! Program.
|
|
- |
Increased
funding to ensure the safety of residential services for persons with mental
retardation, substance abuse and serious mental illness ($400,000).
|
|
- |
Increased
funding to purchase new vocational services for Arlington Public School graduates
with mental retardation ($128,495).
|
|
- |
Increased
funding for the Hispanic Committee ($6,000) to meet emergency needs (to be
matched with $3,000 in private funds).
|
|
- |
Increased
funding to the Arlington Street People's Assistance Network (ASPAN) to cover
the basic operating costs of the Emergency Winter Shelter ($29,000).
|
|
- |
Increased
funding to the Arlington-Alexandria Coalition for the Homeless (AACH) to
support increased costs for personnel and operating expenditures ($22,599).
|
|
- |
Increased
funding to the Volunteers of America (VOA) to increase the safety of the
Residential Program Center by adding a second night monitor and to support
staff salary increases ($44,869).
|
|
- |
Increased
funding to the Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC) to support increased
operating costs ($9,700).
|
|
- |
Increased
funding for Food for Others to support increased operating costs ($830).
|
|
- |
Increased
funding for the Whitman-Walker Clinic of Northern Virginia to restore case
management services lost due to flat funding ($16,037).
|
|
- |
New
funding to the new Arlington Health Foundation Pediatric Clinic ($52,714,
including the reallocation of $28,143 from Northern Virginia Family Service)
to provide a three year pilot program in case management.
|
|
- |
New
funding for the Arlington Free Clinic ($2,949) to offset taxes on personal
property acquired through donations and private fund-raising.
|
|
- |
Increased
payments to private landlords in the Housing Grants Program, implementing
recommendations of the Affordable Housing Task Force that were approved by
the County Board ($153,695) (full year funding for changes implemented
January 1, 2001).
|
|
|
|
|
- |
Increased
funding for Auxiliary Grants ($55,996) for contracted homes.
|
|
- |
Increased
funding for the District Home ($50,299) to cover the costs of Arlingtonians
living in this nonprofit senior facility.
|
|
- |
Increased
federal/state funding for purchased services programs in Child
Placement/Adoptions ($293,028).
|
|
- |
Added
$217,300 for the Northern Virginia Family Service Healthy Families Program.
|
|
- |
Added
$26,500 in IV-E funding to support future activities or services.
|
|
- |
Increased
funding for the Arlington Partnership for Children, Youth and Families to
support surveys and data collection on the status of Arlington's youth, and
other operating expenses ($42,009).
|
|
- |
Increased
funding for the REEP program of the Arlington Public Schools to promote
independence and self-sufficiency through additional English Language
Training slots ($68,027, which will leverage an additional $72,125 in fees).
|
|
- |
Increase
in the regional Long Term Care Ombudsman Program to meet increased need
($12,145) provided under contract with Fairfax County.
|
|
- |
Added
$131,600 to subsidize assisted living services for low-income residents at
Culpeper Garden.
|
|
- |
Added
$27,099 for transportation services for Carlin and Culpeper Garden for
medical appointments and shopping for adult Mental Health and Substance Abuse
services.
|
|
- |
Added
$75,000 new regional funding for the Endependence Center of Northern
Virginia.
|
|
- |
Increased
funding to ensure state, federal and third party reimbursements for
behavioral healthcare through the continued implementation of a new
automation system, Anasazi ($62,954 NTS and 3.0 reallocated FTEs).
|
|
- |
Reallocated
funding and 1.0 FTE to enhance employee recruitment efforts ($46,889).
|
|
- |
Fee
increases are included for the Madison Center and Environmental Health
swimming pool licenses and plan reviews.
|
|
- |
Added
17 supplemental appropriations and other County Board approved adjustments
for a net expenditure increase of $1,456,579, revenue of $1,759,935 and 5.0
net FTEs.
|
|
|
|
|
FY
2003:
|
-
|
Added
0.8 FTE and $48,000 expense and LPACAP revenue for a discharge planner for
the jail.
|
|
|
-
|
Added
2.0 FTE and $130,469 expense and LPACAP revenue for communicable disease.
|
|
- |
Added
0.5 FTE and $25,000 expense and LPACAP revenue for the Partnership for
Children, Youth and Families website activities.
|
|
- |
Added
1.0 FTE and $66,000 expense and LPACAP revenue for the Youth Partnership
Asset Liaison.
|
|
- |
Added
0.5 FTE and $28,200 expense and LPACAP revenue for the Partnership Teen Expo
and youth employment activities.
|
|
- |
Added
0.3 FTE and $168,000 for vocational and case management services for 10 new
graduates of Arlington Public Schools with mental retardation or
developmental disabilities
|
|
- |
Eliminated
an Employment Services Specialist (1.0 FTE) due to the discontinuation
of a supplemental FTE associated with the Virginia Rehabilitation Services
Grant.
|
|
-
|
Eliminated
a previously frozen Mental Health Therapist (0.5 FTE) in the Arlington Works!
Program.
|
|
-
|
Increased
funding for Home Care Partners health insurance ($28,049 expense and
revenue).
|
|
-
|
Increased funding for the Emergency Needs
Fund ($25,000 expense and LPACAP revenue), Arlington Free Clinic ($70,000
expense and LPACAP revenue) and strategic planning for children, youth and
families ($100,000 expense and LPACAP revenue).
|
|
-
|
Reduced
state revenue $310,404 due to reductions in the state reimbursement for
health ($52,000), MHMR ($212,746), substance abuse ($24,173) and social services
($21,485).
|
|
-
|
Increased
funding of $260,209 to 18 programs operated by non-profit organizations and
contractual agencies to meet reasonable scheduled personnel salary increases
(excluding cost-of-living adjustments) and other continuing services operating
costs.
|
|
-
|
Added
funding for additional costs for rent at 3033 Wilson Boulevard ($80,191),
liability insurance ($18,000), maintenance of County vehicles ($5,511), and
utility costs at homeless shelters ($4,400).
|
|
-
|
Increased
costs relating to the rental of space in Ballston for the Headstart Program
($16,985).
|
|
-
|
Increased
meal costs for the Madison Center, Senior Centers and Services for Continuing
|
|
|
|
|
|
Independence
programs ($7,297).
|
|
-
|
Increased
costs associated with the continued implementation of the Anasazi behavioral
health care automated system ($98,735).
|
|
-
|
Added
additional funds to cover projected increases in contract costs for
vocational placements for clients with mental retardation ($26,856).
|
|
-
|
Increased
Comprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth by $50,000 for additional state
matching funds based on projected need.
|
|
-
|
Provided
full funding of the Buckingham Community Outreach Mental Health Worker in the
Crisis Assistance Bureau, which was previously funded, in part, by a federal Community
Development Block Grant ($39,300).
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Approved
increase in the transportation fee for the Madison Center from a maximum of
$4.00 per trip to a maximum of $4.50 per trip.
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Approved
fee for non-mandated immunizations in Family Health Services, a new service
for clients.
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