From a letter to Commissioner Jim Martin dated November 16, 2001
Fiscal Year 2002 Approved Agency Reductions
(these cuts affect the Dec. 1, 2001 thru June 30, 2002 budget)
| Description | Amount |
|---|---|
| Department of Human Resources | |
| 1. Reduce funds for conference travel by 50% | (500,00) |
| 2. Reduce administrative costs | (3,319,468) |
| 3. Reduction to contracts (to be determined) | (572,673) |
| 4. Redirect $50,000 in state funds to allow uninsured Georgians access to HIV/AIDS related drugs to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) | (50,000) |
| 5. Cut frozen expansion of the Effingham Co. Health Dept. | (50,000) |
| 6. Cut frozen funds for 1 epidemiologist | (100,000) |
| 7. Eliminate/reduce the following contracts | - |
| -Emory Autism Resource Center | (100,000) |
| -Suicide Prevention | (150,000) |
| -Georgia Asthma Initiative | (75,000) |
| -Babies Born Healthy | (2,537,000) |
| -Community Outreach Program | (25,000) |
| -Fulton Co. contract for district administration | (15,000) |
| -Life Flight-GA Baptist Hospital (100,000) and | - |
| Savannah Memorial Hospital Helicopter (50,000) | (150,000) |
| -Center for Black Women Wellness | (35,000) |
| -Powerline for Healthy Mothers/Babies | (16,000) |
| -Hemophilia of Georgia | (131,000) |
| -Fulton-Dekalb Hospital Authority | (70,340) |
| -Visiting Nurses Service | (222,805) |
| -NAPHCare Pharmacy | (75,000) |
| -Emory University Blackston training | (29,000) |
| -Scoliosis | (43,000) |
| -Tuberculosis Program | (109,824) |
| -Diabetes Program | (84,634) |
| -Newborn Follow-up (Standing Point) Program | (90,000) |
| -State Funding for the Cancer Treatment Program | (2,021,660) |
| Family and Children Services | |
| 8. Eliminate/Reduce the following contracts | - |
| -Frozen funding to support operation of transitional homes for homeless men | (100,000) |
| -Frozen funds for Kids in Discovery of Self | (20,000) |
| -Frozen funds for Metropolitan Atlanta Opportunities Industrialization | (50,000) |
| -Atlanta Fulton Co. Action Authority | (50,000) |
| -Frozen funds for the Atlanta Project | (18,000) |
| -Telemedicine contract | (200,000) |
| -CASA | (45,000) |
| -Georgia Career Information System | (22,779) |
| 9. Reduce funds for the Books for Babies and CD program | (100,000) |
| 10. Reduce funds for TANF children removed from SSI | (1,122,012) |
| 11. Freeze DFCS administrative positions and operational costs | (387,164) |
| General Administrative and Support Budget | |
| 12. Eliminate/reduce the following contracts: | - |
| -Frozen funds to programs to educate the elderly on legal issues and fraud | (284,148) |
| -Frozen funds to provide training to caregivers of persons diagnosed with dementia | (96,000) |
| -Office of Adoptions Warm Line Contract and Public Information Contract | (106,402) |
| -Family Support Registry contract for CSE | (295,000) |
| -Contract for audits/evaluations of CSBs | (102,242) |
| -Unencumbered Family Connection funds for 6 collaboratives that failed to meet the funding criteria (301,000) and reduce the Family Connection technical assistance contract (104,800) | (405,800) |
| 13. Reduce funding to the Community Care Services Program based on the following adjustments: Fund 1,000 out of 2000 slots in FY02 | (4,174,655) |
| 14. Reduce funding for Home and Community Based Services Program based on the following adjustments: Fund 1,500 our of 2,000 slots | (1,000,000) |
| 15. Cut frozen match funds for the Family Caregiver Act | (250,000) |
| Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Budget | |
| 16. Refinance outpatient substance abuse services to 108 new clients by refinancing this item with federal funds | (1,038,500) |
| 17. Cut frozen funds for residential treatment services for adolescents with mental retardation found incompetent to stand trial in the Juvenile Justice System | (600,000) |
| 18. Cut frozen funds to 2 programs for children of women in residential SA treatment that teach academic and life skills | (100,000) |
| 19. Cut frozen funds for specialized training of clinical staff in the treatment of co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse | (585,000) |
| 20. Cut frozen funds for the Albany Child Advocacy Resource Center | (100,000) |
| 21. Cut one-time purchase of medical equipment for state institutions | (728,300) |
| 22. Fund 725 of the 1,232 MR and Family Support slots | (2,782,722) |
| 23. Eliminate/reduce the following contracts | - |
| -3 Atlanta Regional Hospital contracts | (63,285) |
| -Circle of Recovery, Inc. Substance Abuse training | (65,000) |
| -GA Council for the Hearing Impaired | (10,000) |
| -Project Plus | (75,000) |
| -CSB training contract with UGA | (30,000) |
| -UGA School of Social Work | (26,634) |
| -Emory University DUI Tracking | (13,319) |
| 24. One-time reduction in Hospital expenditures | (819,994) |
| 25. Discontinue 3 respite beds at Gracewood Hospital | (77,423) |
| 26. Reduce personal services and operating expenses associated with administration, planning and training | (891,872) |
| Total-State Funds Reductions | (27,414,155) |
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