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2011 Session

Budget Amendments - HB1500 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Bell, Richard
Restore Funding for Local Social Services Departments

Item 328 #2h

Item 328 #2h

First Year - FY2011 Second Year - FY2012
Health And Human Resources
Social Services, Department of FY2011 $2,805,096 FY2012 $2,994,273 GF
FY2011 $3,976,710 FY2012 $4,308,103 NGF

Language
Page 289, line 24, strike "$377,631,808" and insert "$384,413,614".
Page 289, line 24, strike "$377,076,442" and insert "$384,378,818".


Explanation
(This amendment restores $2.8 million the first year and $3.0 million the second year from the general fund and $4.0 million the first year and $4.3 million the second year in matching federal funds to local social services departments that was reduced in Chapter 874 of the 2010 Acts of Assembly, to meet the increased demand for public assistance programs due to the economic recession. This funding will assist local agencies in meeting the existing caseload requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly Food Stamps), Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), Medicaid and FAMIS, and other public assistance programs.)