Travis County Commissioners Court
March 27, 2007
Item 26
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26. Consider and take appropriate action on recommendation from the basic needs coali-tion of central Texas for one-time use of budgeted funds to expand the provision of assistance to Travis County residents.
>> good morning, judge, Commissioners, sherri flemming executive manager for health and human services and veterans service. This item is before you today staff is here to request the ability to enter into a contract with the basic needs coalition during the fiscal year 2007 budget...
>> ...the coalition...
>> ...recommended use of this $100,000 is a better strategy at this time than spending the $100,000 on direct sat we have unique circumstance that we had two different one time funding. We do have the $100,000 from the county, which we are very grateful for. We really appreciate the continued support and vote of confidence that we are getting from the Commissioners court. But then we also have a little over $200,000 of the one-time h.u.d. Dollars, the earmarked funds that as -- as sherri indicated that it did take us a little bit of time to actually secure that funding. That their dollars that we started drawing down in February of this year and that's the -- that specifically is for direct assistance. So -- so the one-time federal funds we don't have any flexibility in how we use those because when we got it changed from bricks and mortar it was changed into direct assistance, what we are needing is with the county one-time funding is to increase our case management capacity so that we are able to to fully utilize those federal funds coming into the sir?
>> and I guess my point, you know, you came before the Commissioners court during the last budget cycle, we looked at some one-time funding, we had several, one-time funding type of scenarios, for different services that we were trying to -- to get for the community, one thing that -- that I remember that we will maybe look at this one time funding, but if -- if their performance and a whole lot of other things were warranted, this particularly budget cycle we may look at that based on performance. In other words maybe a continuation of providing funding. My concern here is that looking at the -- at the different scenarios that you have set forth, usually 100,000 one time funding here from the county, I understand it's supposed to serve about 150 more household, things like that. I guess what I am trying to do is if all of this is going to be mixed in with the cdbg money, is all of this going to be mixed in and then when you come back, looking at the basic needs coalition objective in serving the community, will all of this be intermixed to come back to see if the continued funding may be necessary based on performance. I'm really trying to get to that based on contingency to see where we will be at a certain time to see where we are on it. Can someone answer that question for me, please.
>> commi only the last year's project, but kind of an overview of the last several years of the project and where we see it going, some of the projects that the coalition has taken on. So I believe we will be better able to address your question during that time.
>> during that time, okay. But it is on your radar, though.
>> absolutely.
>> I want to make sure that it's on your radar screen.
>> yes, sir.
>> that's what I am kind of looking at to see if we are able to maximize what we are doing here, not only maximize, but also maybe looking at continued funding for the next budget cycle. If warranted, I think that it probably is.
>> in addition to the 100,000 of one-time money, the coalition does have from the court $250,000 in ongoing funding that is in the health and human services budget.
>> right.
>> ...be additional $100,000 needed for the upcoming years for the funding of this since it is f.t.e.'s? Is that something that we just need to might as well hey we are telling you that, we are going to come to you with another $100,000, these are f.t.e. Needs.
>> we are not coming forward at this point to say that. One of the things that this is going to allow us to do is have a temporary increase and -- in case management capacity, which we know after two full years of implementation the best single source that one of our limitations is case management capacity. There's other case management currently in the community that is not part of the best single source model. So we are needing to look at that other community case management capacity to see how that might fit into the picture. I'm not going to say we won't come back for f.t.e. But I think our ideal goal is that the 100,000 recur as direct assistance dollars. I do know right now we are seeing a strain in the infrastructure of case...
>> ...on whether or not you have been successful with it. We can support this to good use, successful, makes good sense, but it...
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