TITLE
Title
DHHS - DIVISION OF SOCIAL SERVICES ADOPTION PROMOTION PROGRAM FUND
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SPONSOR
Sponsor
Heather Skeens (Myra Thompson)
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BACKGROUND
Background
The Adoption Promotion Program Fund is designed to: enhance and expand adoption programs; secure permanent homes for hard-to-place children; and encourage partnerships between public and private agencies to achieve permanence for children in a timely manner. Participating agencies are compensated for adoption services that culminate in the finalization of an adoption. Some of these services include: recruitment of adoptive families; pre-adoption training; post-placement support; and the facilitation of legal procedures resulting in the finalization of an adoption. Each county may apply for reimbursement of adoption services after exceeding a pre-determined baseline and sending, or encumbering, previously received funds. Guilford County's baseline for FY 2016 was forty-three (43) adoptions. The County can submit requests for, and receive, additional funds for placement of sibling groups comprised of three (3) or more children, and adoptions involving children ages thirteen (13) to eighteen (18) years of age, regardless of whether the County has achieved its baseline.
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BUDGET IMPACT
Budget Impact
Budget Ordinance Amendment
General Fund
$320,000 Increase Federal/State Funds
$320,000 Increase Health & Human Services - Social Services
NO ADDITIONAL COUNTY FUNDS REQUIRED
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REQUESTED ACTION
Requested Action
Appropriate $320,000 in Federal/State funds and increase the Health & Human Services - Social Services Division FY 2017 budget by $320,000 to reflect $260,000 in deferred revenue from FY 2016 and the FY 2017 State allocation of $60,000 in Adoption Promotion Program funds.
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