TITLE
Title
DHHS - PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION BUDGET AMENDMENT - CARE COORDINATION FOR CHILDREN - $98,755 AND APPROVAL OF TWO NEW SOCIAL WORKER II POSITIONS
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SPONSOR
Sponsor
Merle Green
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BACKGROUND
Background
DHHS - Public Health Division receives funds from Partnership for Community Care for Care Coordination for Children. These funds are based on monthly funding provided by the Division of Medical Assistance (DMA). Public Health receives these monthly calculated on the base population of the program, consisting of Medicaid beneficiaries ages 0-5. Public Health is requesting to amend the FY 2017-2018 budget to reflect a $51,988 increase in awarded funding and a $46,767 increase in appropriated fund balance. The DMA has approved for Public Health to carry-over unspent, unobligated funds received in prior fiscal years; these previously unspent funds reverted to fund balance at the end of FY 2016-17.
The Care Coordination for Children Program has experienced an increase (926 more children) in number of clients served since 2014 as indicated below:
Fiscal Year Population Served (#Medicaid Children age 0-5 unduplicated)
2014-2015 19,840 (12/14)
2015-2016 20,315 (12/15)
2016-2017 20,290 (12/16)
2017-2018 20,766 (03/17)
This program is required to contact 8 -12% of the population every six months. This program has struggled to maintain percentages within the state range due to the steady population growth and staffing level. The increased award amount will be used to fund two new Social Worker II positions in order to achieve and maintain client contacts in the state-required ranges. There are currently 5 Social workers in the CC4C program.
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BUDGET IMPACT
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