Human Services Agency previews roughly $700 million budget, says revenue strategies will cover mayor’s reduction targets

Trent Rohrer, director of the Human Services Agency, told the San Francisco County Budget & Finance Committee that the agency’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2012–13 is roughly $700 million and that funding is roughly one‑third federal, one‑third state and one‑third general fund.

Rohrer said about $240 million of the agency’s budget comes from the city general fund and estimated roughly $100 million of that is discretionary. He told the committee the mayor’s current‑year contingency for HSA is $2.5 million and that the reduction targets for FY 2012–13 and FY 2013–14 total $5 million in general‑fund savings.

“To the extent we meet our targets, we’re doing that largely through revenue,” Rohrer said, pointing to a federal option known as the Community First Choice program that could shift reimbursements for in‑home supportive services to federal and state funds. Rohrer said the state Department of Social Services has submitted an application to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and that approval could be retroactive; the department is…