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5. Workers’ Compensation: Reflects changes due to
anticipated benefit increases, escalating medical cost
trends and changes in the recently passed workers’
compensation law.
6. Long-Term Disability (LTD): Reflects an anticipated
increase in the number of LTD claims and medical
related cost increases.
7. Unemployment Insurance: Reflects an anticipated
decrease in unemployment insurance costs based on
historical experience.
8. Operating Costs: Reflects a net increase in unavoidable
costs for services provided by other County
departments, an increase in rents and leases, and
ministerial adjustments to properly align appropriation
and revenue. Also reflects adjustments to various
grant-funded programs in accordance with available
grant revenue, including the following: 1) a net
reduction for the ART S.M.A.R.T. (Social-Multicultural-
Academic-Recreational-Therapeutic) Project, Ties for
Families Project and Enterprise Master Person Index
Productivity Investment Funds; 2) expiration of revenue
received from federal and city grants; and 3) reduction
of intrafund transfer from the Department of Public
Health for training.
Unmet Needs
Gross
Appropriation
($)
Intrafund
Transfer
($)
Revenue
($)
MENTAL HEALTH
Budget Summaries
Net
County Cost
($)
889,000 -- 324,000 565,000 --
50,000 -- 18,000 32,000 --
(88,000) -- -- (88,000) --
(950,000) (598,000) (1,583,000) 1,231,000 --
Total Changes 37,835,000 7,808,000 30,819,000 (792,000) 53.0
2011-12 Recommended Budget 1,798,228,000 84,370,000 1,581,973,000 131,885,000 4,238.0
The Department’s unmet needs include: 1) additional funding and positions for the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act within the Office of
the Public Guardian to address the significant caseload issues within the operation; 2) funding to address services for uninsured
consumers, including homeless, dually diagnosed and the underserved ethnic populations; 3) positions for the Department’s
ACCESS Call Center to enhance the provision of timely services, crisis intervention, linkage/referrals, language translation assistance
and to avoid dropped calls; 4) program and central administrative infrastructure to support the growth in mental health services’
programs and revenue sources; and 5) positions to establish a Risk Management and Loss Prevention Unit to deal with significant
risk management issues related to General Liability and Title II Americans with Disabilities Act requirements.
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