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 2017 was seventy-one (71) adoptions; we completed one hundred and nine (109) adoptions. The County submitted requests and received an additional $96,000 in funding as result of exceeding adoption estimates.
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BUDGET IMPACT
Budget Impact
Budget Ordinance Amendment
General Fund
$ 96,000 Increase State and Federal Funds
$96,000 Increase Health & Human Services - Social Services
NO ADDITIONAL COUNTY FUNDS REQUIRED
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REQUESTED ACTION
Requested Action
Appropriate $96,000 in state and federal funds and increase the Health & Human Services - Social Services Division FY 2018 budget by $96,000.
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