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Cranston staff brief committee on Workforce Innovation collaborative and rescue fund billing; grant funding and contract details to be confirmed
Summary
Finance Committee heard that Cranston staffs Workforce Innovation positions for a collaborative with Providence and that the rescue fund includes offsetting Medicaid and billing entries; staff will confirm grant dependency and third-party billing contract dates.
At the April 21 Cranston Finance Committee meeting, city staff described two separate non-general-fund items: a Workforce Innovation account that is grant-funded in partnership with the City of Providence, and a Rescue Fund with offsetting Medicaid and third-party billing entries.
City staff said the Workforce Innovation budget (listed in the small budget book) primarily covers salaries and fringes for staff the city places on payroll while program expenses are grant-funded through Providence. "Workforce Innovation is on page 26 of the…
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