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 administered by the North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services 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 has earned an additional $ 189,000 and requests an increase to Adoption Incentive Program for FY 2018.
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BUDGET IMPACT
Budget Impact
Budget Ordinance Amendment
General Fund
$189,000 Increase in Federal/State Revenues
$189,000 Increase in Appropriation to Health & Human Services (Social Services)
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REQUESTED ACTION
Requested Action
Appropriate $189,000 in Federal/State Revenues and increase the FY 2017-18 Health & Human Services - Social Services Division budget by $189,000 to account for additional available revenue from FY 2018 Adoption Promotion Program funds.
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