Fiscal Year 2013 Recommended Budget Book - Lake County

Community ServicesLake County Offers a Quality, Reliable Transportation Network in a Multi-modal System:• Lake County provides fixed route bus services (LakeXpress) that operate Mondaythrough Friday from 6:00 a.m. to 7:45 p.m. LakeXpress serves the urbanized areas ofthe County consisting of: the Villages, Lady Lake, Fruitland Park, Leesburg,Tavares, Eustis, Altoona, Umatilla and Mount Dora and portions of Orange Countyincluding the communities of Tangerine and Zellwood. LakeXpress will provideover 260,000 passenger trips during Fiscal Year 2012. The Public TransportationDivision coordinates with the Fleet Management Division to ensure ongoingprofessional maintenance services, which is vital to operations.Social Services are Provided to Those in Need Throughout the Entire County:• Through increased community development activities, the Housing Services Division will sustain and improve suitableliving environments for residents through Urban County and Community Partnerships. The Department will achieve thisgoal in 2013 by completing a minimum of four community development activities.• The Housing Services Division will continue to work to improve the condition of housing as well as provideopportunities for affordable rental and homeownership needs to help overcome the cost burden to low and moderateincome residents of Lake County. This goal will be accomplished by offering housing subsidies to a minimum of 400families monthly, and providing at least 25 homeownership opportunities through the Neighborhood StabilizationProgram.• The Health and Human Services Division will meet the social service needs in the community through annual grantfunding to non-profit agencies through the Children’s Services Council. It is anticipated that at least eleven contractualagreements are to be executed with not-for-profit agencies providing educational, health care, counseling and physicalactivity, and respite care to 3,791 at-risk children and their families.• Grant funding is provided to non-profit agencies through the Health and Human Services Division. In 2013, at leastseven contractual agreements with not-for-profit agencies will provide food, rental assistance and utility assistance to2,583 individuals and families.• Through the Health and Human Services Community Healthcare Program one-on-one assistance will be provided to 310residents who are in need of health insurance coverage for their children, food stamps, Medicaid, medical savingsprograms, and general health and social service information and referral.F - 8