Title
Budget Amendment - Department of Child, Family, and Adult Services
Action
ACTION:
1) Amend the 2025-2026 Annual Budget Ordinance to recognize, receive, and appropriate an increase in federal Medicaid revenue and expenses in the amount of $300,000 from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to the General Fund (0001) for Services for Adults (SFA) in the Department of Child, Family, and Adult Services.
2) Amend the 2025-2026 Annual Budget Ordinance to decrease federal revenue and expenses in the amount of $13,016 from the Family Caregiver Support Program Grant to the General Fund (0001) in the Department of Child, Family, and Adult Services.
3) Amend the 2025-2026 Annual Budget Ordinance to decrease federal revenue and expenses in the amount of $32,900 from the Home and Community Care Block Grant (HCCBG) to the General Fund (0001) in the Department of Child, Family, and Adult Services.
4) Amend the 2025-2026 Annual Budget Ordinance to recognize, receive, and appropriate an increase in federal revenue in the amount of $239,330 and state revenue in the amount of $12,951 from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to the General Fund (0001) in the Department of Child, Family, and Adult Services
Staff Contact: Kimberly Henderson, Director of Child, Family, and Adult Services
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
1) The Services for Adults (SFA) program within the Department of Child, Family, and Adult Services is in need of recognizing and appropriating additional funding in the amount of $300,000. The funding will be allocated for services provided by temporary personnel agencies for the Call Center within Mecklenburg Transportation Services (MTS) and Adult Protective Services (APS), a bus camera system implementation within MTS, services related to Age Friendly Mecklenburg, and other general services provided by SFA. The expenses for these services will be funded with Medicaid revenue generated and received by the SFA program.
2) The Family Caregiver Support Grant provides services to caregivers caring for individuals aged 60 or older, or diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, or a related dementia, or grandparents/relative caregivers providing support for grandchildren. The 2025-2026 fiscal year funding was decreased in the amount of $13,016 for a total award of $117,236.
3) Annually, the Department of Child, Family, and Adult Services submits for Board approval of the Home and Community Care Block Grant (HCCBG) funding plan (also referred to as the County Aging Plan). The following services are provided with this grant: In-Home Aide Services, Transportation Services, Congregate Meals, Home Delivered Meals, Senior Center Operations, and Adult Day Care/Day Health. The 2025-2026 fiscal year funding for Mecklenburg County Department of Child, Family, and Adult Services was decreased by $32,900.
4) The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services allocates funding to Mecklenburg County for Public Assistance and Social Service Programs. Funding authorization has been revised to include a net increase of federal revenue in the amount of $239,330 and state revenue in the amount of $12,951 for the following programs:
- Child Care Development Administration: Increase of federal revenue of $266,924
- Permanency Planning: Increase of federal revenue of $2,189
- Family Reunification: Decrease of federal revenue of $5,690
- Links Program: Decrease of federal revenue of $24,093
- Emergency Beds: Increase of state revenue: $18,974
- Links Program: Decrease of state revenue: $6,023
PROCUREMENT BACKGROUND:
N/A
POLICY IMPACT:
N/A
FISCAL IMPACT:
1) An increase in fiscal Year 2025-2026 general fund (0001) federal revenue and associated expenses in the amount of $493,414 for the Department of Child, Family, and Adult Services
2) An increase in fiscal Year 2025-2026 general fund (0001) state revenue and associated expenses in the amount $12,951 for the Department of Child, Family, and Adult Services