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Denver,Colorado 80203-1714
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Roy Romer
Governor
Karen Beye
Ac
ting Executive Director
October 23, 1992
Weld County Board
of Commissioners
P.O. Box 758
Greeley, CO 80632
Dear Chairperson:
This letter is to correct information regarding FY-91-92 foster care deficit
contained in Agency Letter ABA-92-54-I, dated October 15, 1992. As you are aware
last year's appropriation including a supplemental was overspent in the Foster
Care line by $329,808. In the overall context, this is a relatively small
overexpenditure equivalent to a portion of one month's statewide foster care.
The State Board of Social Services was concerned regarding this deficit since
they had approved PAC plans transferring dollars from out-of-home to the PAC
line. The State Board of Social Services and I met with the Joint Budget
Committee (JBC) on Tuesday, October 19, 1992. This discussion was very positive,
and the JBC agreed that they would consider a supplemental request to cover this
deficit in as favorable light as possible. However, since supplementals are not
considered until after January 1, 1993, the JBC cannot guarantee funding. You
may want to know what your share of the deficit would be in the worse case
scenario with no supplemental funding. Several county directors have indicated
that this information would be helpful for them in their budget planning to
assure that all contingencies are covered. The best case scenario is that the
legislature will fund our supplemental request to cover this deficit.
I am sorry that ABA-92-54-I did not provide you with the latest and most accurate
information. I assure you that we are taking every possible action to mitigate
negative impacts on county social services budgets in these fiscally tough times.
Sincerely, / YO
Karen Beye
Acting Executive Director
cc: Don Bloomfield
Field Administrator
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