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Walworth County board moves to remove 2024–25 appropriations for Children's Long-Term Support program
Summary
At its Jan. 22 meeting, Walworth County officials approved a resolution to remove previously listed 2024 and 2025 budget appropriations for the Children's Long-Term Support (CLTS) program from the Health and Human Services fund to correct accounting where services are provided and funded outside county accounting.
Walworth County Health and Human Services board on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, approved a resolution removing the 2024 and 2025 budget appropriations for the Children's Long-Term Support (CLTS) program from the Health and Human Services fund.
The move, advanced by a staff presenter and carried by motion on the floor, is intended to correct the county's accounting for CLTS services because the services are delivered by a third-party provider and the funding does not flow through county accounts. "This is just a nice conclusion to this," a staff member said during the discussion, referring to the accounting cleanup.
Why it matters: The resolution aims to align Walworth County's budget records with how CLTS services are administered and financed. County staff told the board that Lutheran Social Services is the primary outside provider for many CLTS services and that payments for those services largely do not pass through county disbursements, which prompted the cleanup of the 2024 and 2025 appropriation lines.
Details: The staff member said the resolution will also appear before the county finance committee. "Jessica will talk about it more at finance tomorrow," the staff member added, indicating the item will proceed through the county's normal budget review process.
Formal action: A motion to approve the resolution was made and seconded from the floor and the board voted in favor; the motion carried. The resolution text appears in the board packet on pages 6 to 9.
Next steps: County staff said the item will advance to the full board and to the finance committee for further action and finalization.
