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Community services to end long‑standing HCA indigent‑care agreement, redirect funds into housing and local programs
Summary
Community Services presented a reduced FY26 general‑fund base and several program changes including nonrenewal of a 40‑year indigent‑care agreement with Central Florida Regional Hospital, a realignment of low‑income pool contributions and insourcing supportive housing services.
Allison Thall, director of Community Services, told commissioners she is recommending several program adjustments and rollbacks that together reduce the department’s FY26 general‑fund ask while reallocating resources toward homelessness and affordable housing programs.
Thall said the total Community Services FY26 request is $21 million and that the FY25 budget included one‑time federal and state grant amounts that are not carried forward in the same way. She proposed not renewing a four‑decade indigent‑care agreement the county had with Central…
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