Tazewell County CPMT reports $563,880 shortfall in CSA invoices, plans briefing for Board of Supervisors
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The Community Policy and Management Team said July 26 that fiscal-year 2021 Child Service Act (CSA) invoices paid by the fiscal agent totaled $563,880.07 and asked staff to compile data to present to the County Board to seek additional funding.
The Tazewell County Community Policy and Management Team (CPMT) said on July 26, 2021 that outstanding CSA invoices for fiscal year 2021 were substantial and that staff will prepare materials to brief the Tazewell County Board of Supervisors.
Ms. Shanun Smith told the team that roughly $400,000 in invoices had been unpaid as of the meeting date and that the fiscal agent ultimately paid $563,880.07 in outstanding FY21 invoices. The team noted that Grafton, described in the meeting as one of the few facilities that will accept children when alternatives are exhausted, had outstanding collections activity tied to those invoices.
David Taylor, director of the Tazewell County Department of Social Services and a CPMT attendee, said he and administrative staff had communicated with County Administration (Eric Young and Arlene Matney) about the funding gap but that the CPMT needed to educate the Board of Supervisors about the CSA process and local needs. The team asked Ms. Shanun Smith to assemble detailed financial reports, expenditure statistics and substance-abuse data and circulate those materials to CPMT members ahead of a planned presentation to the Board.
Members also asked staff to compile information about county attendance at FAPT and CPMT meetings to ensure required representation under OCS policy. No formal funding change or budget transfer was approved at the July 26 meeting; members said the materials will be reviewed at an upcoming CPMT meeting before any outreach or formal request to the Board.
Next steps: CPMT staff will prepare and distribute the requested data and the item will be revisited at the August CPMT meeting to finalize a briefing to the Board of Supervisors.