Q&A
Overview of underbudgeting in various city agencies
1:59:39
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Council Member Williams asks about IBO's report on underbudgeting in various agencies. IBO officials begin to provide details on specific areas of concern.
- IBO mentions underbudgeting in youth and aging, public safety, social services, homeless services, education, and environmental protection and sanitation
- The discussion begins with social services, specifically mentioning the city FHEPS housing voucher program
- IBO projects additional funding needs for the FHEPS program in the current and future years
Nantasha Williams
1:59:39
Okay.
1:59:40
And I had one more question.
1:59:44
In your report on the executive plan, you state that there are a number of agencies that are under budgeted in the current plan, including the areas of youth and aging, public safety, social services and homeless services, education, and environmental protection and sanitation.
1:59:57
Can you summarize what specific differences
Louisa Chafee
2:00:11
Let's have Sarita start with social services.
Sarita Subramanian
2:00:14
Sure.
2:00:14
So, as we mentioned, the, butt the budget for the, city FAHEP's, housing voucher program is an area that, despite the funds that the administration has added, as we mentioned for the first time, significant funding for future years.
2:00:35
IBO still projects, the need for, about a 144,000,000 in the current year, and then, an additional, let me see.
2:00:47
I'm sorry, 32,000,000 for 2024, and then, 816,000,000, oh, sorry.
2:00:57
Bringing the total budget up to 816,000,000, and that's just to keep, the existing funding level.
2:01:04
We also outlined several, areas within the Department of Education.
2:01:09
I'm sorry.
Nantasha Williams
2:01:10
Sorry.
