Thursday, July 26, 2012
Fairfax County's Human Services Council has recommended $5 million in human services cost-saving measures.
Fairfax County officials have recommended approximately $5 million in reductions to services and personnel in an effort to fill holes in the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board’s (CSB) FY2013 budget. The CSB, a county agency that coordinates and provides substance abuse treatment, mental health services and care for adults and children with intellectual disabilities, was faced with an $8 million budget shortfall in FY2012 and a $9.5 million shortfall for FY2013. But money from the upcoming FY2012 budget carryover process could close the CSB’s remaining $2.6 million shortfall for last year, and cover $3.5 million in personnel costs and fringe benefits for FY2013, shrinking this year’s shortfall to a still-substantial $6 million. …
Monday, July 23, 2012
Community Services Board budget trouble could be solved with service reductions, officials say
Cuts could be on the horizon for human services in Fairfax County. When the county’s Human Services Council presents its analysis of the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board’s (CSB) budget woes to the Board of Supervisors Human Services Committee Tuesday the council, which has been collecting public input from concerned and potentially affected citizens for the last month, will include recommendations for board action, and that could include cutting or eliminating services. The CSB, which provides substance abuse treatment, mental health services and care for adults and children with intellectual disabilities, is facing an $8 million hole in its $150 million budget for 2012 and an additional $9.5 million shortfall for 2013. The …
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
The Fairfax County Human Services Council concluded a series of public hearings Monday on budget issues.
Fairfax County resident Tom Walker started using drugs and alcohol when he was 9 years old. According to him, he wouldn’t be alive today if it weren’t for help he received through the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board (CSB). Walker graduated from the now-defunct Sunrise treatment program in 1997 and has successfully pursued a career in mental health. And on Monday night, Walker spoke before the Fairfax County Human Services Council regarding the CSB’s budget woes. The CSB, an agency that organizes and provides critical services to people with mental and physical disabilities and substance abuse issues, faces an $8 million gap in its $150 million budget for 2012 and an additional $9.5 million in 2013. But a plan to manage these …
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Monday's was the first of three public hearings on the Community Services Board budget.
The Fairfax County Human Services Council heard emotional testimony during a Monday night hearing from residents pleading for continued funding in a troubled human services budget. The Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board (CSB), which provides care and support to county residents with mental and physical disabilities and substance abuse issues, is facing an $8 million hole in its $150 million budget for 2012 and an additional $9.5 million shortfall for 2013. About 20 people spoke before the council during the hour-long hearing. The CSB’s management plan proposes to close the gaps by shutting down some facilities, cutting some services and creating wait lists for others. The plan delays Employment and Day Services for 64 graduates …
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