Q&A
Current funding levels and stability for the IBSP program
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Council Member Amanda Farías questioned the current funding levels and stability of the IBSP program. Key points include:
- Current funding level for the IBSP program is approximately $1,400,000
- SBS has maintained funding levels despite budget pressures (PEGs)
- Discussion on whether current funding is sufficient to meet demands
- Impact of annual funding cycles on program stability
Amanda Farías
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Okay.
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And we've also been joined by council member Vernakoff.
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What is the current funding level for the IBSP program?
Kitty Chan
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For the IBSPs, it's approximately 1,400,000.
Amanda Farías
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And is the current funding sufficient to meet the demands?
Kitty Chan
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What we've done over the past, few years, obviously, through the pandemic, and through several pegs in the administration, we've actually protected the funding, levels.
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And so that we've ensured that our IBSPs, our BSCs, which are the gateways to all of our services, that their levels remain the same.
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In fact and at this point, we're actually providing services to more businesses than
Amanda Farías
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ever.
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And you've mentioned a couple of the PEGs.
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Can we talk monetarily, like, the actual amounts of how this has changed over the past 5 years?
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It hasn't.
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It hasn't at all?
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There haven't been any PEGs?
Kitty Chan
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No.
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We've we've protected these programs.
Amanda Farías
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Okay.
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And what impact does the annual funding cycle have on program stability?
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I'm sorry?
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Well, you're serving more more providers.
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Right?
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Could we be asking for more money, doing more, or are we doing the best we can with what we have?
