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Budget savings and funding for asylum seeker response efforts
4:18:29
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Council Member Althea V. Stevens inquires about the $14.9 million in city fund savings related to asylum seeker response efforts for fiscal year 2025. Commissioner Jess Dannhauser explains that the savings are due to a decline in language access needs and a resettlement program for new families in the city.
- ACS has taken responsibility for some language access work, which has decreased in need
- A program for resettling families new to the city is also contributing to the savings
- There is no additional funding for asylum seeker-related efforts in the ACS budget beyond these savings
Althea V. Stevens
4:18:29
The primary plan includes savings of 14,900,000.0 in city funds for fiscal twenty twenty five only in relation to asylum seeker respond efforts.
4:18:40
What are those savings for and how were that how were those how were those amounts determined?
Jess Dannhauser
4:18:47
So ACS has taken on responsibility for some of the language access work, Stephanie and her team lead.
4:18:56
And so with the decline in that need, that's coming down.
4:19:01
And we're also working with a program to do some resettlement for families who have been new to the city.
Althea V. Stevens
4:19:10
What are current amounts of asylum seeker related funding is ACS budget for fiscal twenty twenty five?
Jess Dannhauser
4:19:18
Just just those, there's no other additional resource.