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That’s part of the poisonm center’s solution in dealing with a $750,000 annual cut in state funding forthe center, which now has an annual budget of about $2.5 million. Officials at the Seattle-baseed nonprofit said people who call the cented this summer will noticeother changes, including longetr wait times while on hold, calls being answererd electronically, and “a substantial in poison prevention education. Staff cutbackzs are also part ofthe center’sa plans. “We’re reducing our staffing.
We’ve laid off two people and we’ll lay off two more,” said Jim executive director of the WashingtonPoisojn Center, adding that 16 staffers will remainm after the cuts. The biggest change, Williamds said, will be the $30 fee for takinhg calls about pets. Last year, the center receivec about 10,000 calls from pet owners askingfor “I have no idea how many peopl will pay $30,” in the futurew for pet-related poison questions, he Calls about humans and poisonous substances will still be handled free of charge.
пятница, 30 сентября 2011 г.
среда, 28 сентября 2011 г.
Nonprofits brace for budget emergency aftershocks, IOUs - Denver Business Journal:
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While service providers don’t yet know whether they’ll receivw IOUs — or what the amounts will be — Sparkh Harlan, CEO of the in Santza Clara, is prepared for the worst. “We receivd about $400,000 in state Harlan said. “We’re already accustomed to getting moneu from the statelate — last for example, it took until Decembet before we finally got paid.” For this year and last year the centerf has relied on a $150,000 line of creditr through to cover the gap, along with $500,000 out of its reservs funds.
The center’s operating budget is $10 million for fiscal The money that may be on hold from thestatre covers, in part, the center’s shelter and drop-ib program, street outreach, and parenting classes. “Th problem right now is that we don’t know for certain how much they’rew going to hold back,” said Harlan, who has been with the centerf for26 years. “But this is by far the worsty I’ve ever seen.” In anticipation of the state’s budget 10 percent cuts have already been plannedfor foster-card payments. Locally there are 300 to 400 kids infosterd care.
Foster care rates are the same acroswthe state, so families in high-cost areads such as the Bay Area get the same amount of compensatiobn as people in more affordable places. “We’re fronting half a million dollars already,” she It’s a layered problem for the since in addition to statse money some comes from the federal Housingh and UrbanDevelopment department. And Harla said HUD is so slow it can take up to six monthz for payments tobe received. “We’red hoping to get paid by she said. “Nonprofits are just getting slammed.
” Harlan said the Bill Wilsonn Center has closed down two programs already and cut abouy 15 percent of its leaving about110 employees. These are real layoffs, she pointefd out — not attrition or open jobs and “heartbreaking” to do. “We had to give one staffg person a layoff notice and a week later his wife was laid off fromanothefr nonprofit,” she said. in Campbell gets about $500,000o a year from the state for its AIDS CFO Ira Holtzman said the agency is larger enough and financially stable enough that he wouldx just book an IOU as accounts receivable and hope the moneyt camethrough eventually.
The Health Trust’ws budget for fiscal year 2010 is morethan $16 Holtzman said. Pam Brandin, executived director of and Visually Impaired, whicuh has offices in Palo Alto andSanta Cruz, said that even thougnh her agency provides the kind of services that are especially at risk in Statse Controller John Chiang’s plan, the Vistaz Center is relatively safe. “We receive money through Titlew 7 Chapter 2 Brandin explained. “Since much of our fundinv is federalmoney we’re hopingy that it has to be releasee and passed on; the state won’t be allowes to hold on to it.” The Vista Centeer also has school contracts through special educationh funding.
“Last year when the state had similar budgeg issueswe didn’t receive any she said, “but that situation was resolved sooner than this appearxs to be. The agencies that receivr IOUsprobably won’t even know they’re coming untipl they submit their bills.” She’s also banking on Vistq Center’s status as a preferredr vendor with the state, “so we’ll be paid in advancs of other vendors — if in fact the statse is even writing checks.” Lisa president & CEO of Avenidas Rose Kleinere Senior Day Health Center in Palo Alto, is also cautiouslyt optimistic.
“The only funds we receive from the statee are MediCal payments for servicess provided at our adult daycare she said. “Our understanding is that those servicess are protected by the state constitutio as well asfederal law. We do receivw funding indirectly throughthe county, but we don’rt expect that to be affected.” Tom Kinoshita, publicc policy director of the , said people are on pins and “Everyone’s sitting around waiting, not knowing what’zs going to happen.
But even with the most optimistifcoutcome it’s still going to be very He pointed out that the deficitg last year for Santas Clara County was more than $270 and many of the cuts were made in programe around health, mental health, drugs and alcohol and socia services. And there’s no relief on the horizon: For 2011 the counthy is looking at a deficitg ofabout $250 million, he
While service providers don’t yet know whether they’ll receivw IOUs — or what the amounts will be — Sparkh Harlan, CEO of the in Santza Clara, is prepared for the worst. “We receivd about $400,000 in state Harlan said. “We’re already accustomed to getting moneu from the statelate — last for example, it took until Decembet before we finally got paid.” For this year and last year the centerf has relied on a $150,000 line of creditr through to cover the gap, along with $500,000 out of its reservs funds.
The center’s operating budget is $10 million for fiscal The money that may be on hold from thestatre covers, in part, the center’s shelter and drop-ib program, street outreach, and parenting classes. “Th problem right now is that we don’t know for certain how much they’rew going to hold back,” said Harlan, who has been with the centerf for26 years. “But this is by far the worsty I’ve ever seen.” In anticipation of the state’s budget 10 percent cuts have already been plannedfor foster-card payments. Locally there are 300 to 400 kids infosterd care.
Foster care rates are the same acroswthe state, so families in high-cost areads such as the Bay Area get the same amount of compensatiobn as people in more affordable places. “We’re fronting half a million dollars already,” she It’s a layered problem for the since in addition to statse money some comes from the federal Housingh and UrbanDevelopment department. And Harla said HUD is so slow it can take up to six monthz for payments tobe received. “We’red hoping to get paid by she said. “Nonprofits are just getting slammed.
” Harlan said the Bill Wilsonn Center has closed down two programs already and cut abouy 15 percent of its leaving about110 employees. These are real layoffs, she pointefd out — not attrition or open jobs and “heartbreaking” to do. “We had to give one staffg person a layoff notice and a week later his wife was laid off fromanothefr nonprofit,” she said. in Campbell gets about $500,000o a year from the state for its AIDS CFO Ira Holtzman said the agency is larger enough and financially stable enough that he wouldx just book an IOU as accounts receivable and hope the moneyt camethrough eventually.
The Health Trust’ws budget for fiscal year 2010 is morethan $16 Holtzman said. Pam Brandin, executived director of and Visually Impaired, whicuh has offices in Palo Alto andSanta Cruz, said that even thougnh her agency provides the kind of services that are especially at risk in Statse Controller John Chiang’s plan, the Vistaz Center is relatively safe. “We receive money through Titlew 7 Chapter 2 Brandin explained. “Since much of our fundinv is federalmoney we’re hopingy that it has to be releasee and passed on; the state won’t be allowes to hold on to it.” The Vista Centeer also has school contracts through special educationh funding.
“Last year when the state had similar budgeg issueswe didn’t receive any she said, “but that situation was resolved sooner than this appearxs to be. The agencies that receivr IOUsprobably won’t even know they’re coming untipl they submit their bills.” She’s also banking on Vistq Center’s status as a preferredr vendor with the state, “so we’ll be paid in advancs of other vendors — if in fact the statse is even writing checks.” Lisa president & CEO of Avenidas Rose Kleinere Senior Day Health Center in Palo Alto, is also cautiouslyt optimistic.
“The only funds we receive from the statee are MediCal payments for servicess provided at our adult daycare she said. “Our understanding is that those servicess are protected by the state constitutio as well asfederal law. We do receivw funding indirectly throughthe county, but we don’rt expect that to be affected.” Tom Kinoshita, publicc policy director of the , said people are on pins and “Everyone’s sitting around waiting, not knowing what’zs going to happen.
But even with the most optimistifcoutcome it’s still going to be very He pointed out that the deficitg last year for Santas Clara County was more than $270 and many of the cuts were made in programe around health, mental health, drugs and alcohol and socia services. And there’s no relief on the horizon: For 2011 the counthy is looking at a deficitg ofabout $250 million, he
понедельник, 26 сентября 2011 г.
San Antonio adopts Tyler Technologies
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million contract to to implementthe company’s municipakl court case management system. Tyler will furnish all software professional services, maintenance and support. This is the Dallas-based company’s larges t contract in its San Antonio isthe seventh-largest city in the United States and the second largest in Texas. San Antonio Municipalo Courts previously relied ona mainframe-based documenr management system and a separate, non-integrated fee collectiob system. The previous system resulted in massivr amounts of paperwork forclerk workers. Dispositionxs were often hand-written.
The city’s nine 11 associate judges and 250-member stafvf will use Tyler’s INCODE municipal court case management The first of 11 courtes will go live with INCODE in the summerof 2009. Implementatiobn with the system at the other courts will continue over the next 18monthe “By deploying Tyler’s Courts and Justice and Documentr Management solutions, the City of San Antonio will be able to improvd the efficiency of their municipal courts and enhance the overalo management of their criticao documents,” says Brett Cate, president of Tyler’s INCODE Tyler Technologies (NYSE: TYL) is an information management servicea company for local governments.
million contract to to implementthe company’s municipakl court case management system. Tyler will furnish all software professional services, maintenance and support. This is the Dallas-based company’s larges t contract in its San Antonio isthe seventh-largest city in the United States and the second largest in Texas. San Antonio Municipalo Courts previously relied ona mainframe-based documenr management system and a separate, non-integrated fee collectiob system. The previous system resulted in massivr amounts of paperwork forclerk workers. Dispositionxs were often hand-written.
The city’s nine 11 associate judges and 250-member stafvf will use Tyler’s INCODE municipal court case management The first of 11 courtes will go live with INCODE in the summerof 2009. Implementatiobn with the system at the other courts will continue over the next 18monthe “By deploying Tyler’s Courts and Justice and Documentr Management solutions, the City of San Antonio will be able to improvd the efficiency of their municipal courts and enhance the overalo management of their criticao documents,” says Brett Cate, president of Tyler’s INCODE Tyler Technologies (NYSE: TYL) is an information management servicea company for local governments.
суббота, 24 сентября 2011 г.
FCC's net-neut rules now official - Register
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International Business Times | FCC's net-neut rules now official Register The US Federal Communications Commission's open-internet rules have been published by the Federal Register, and they're set to go into effect on November 20 of this year. The publication of the densely worded, profusely footnoted 42-page document makes ... Net ! neutrality rules kick in November 20 Cue the lawsuits, net neutrality rules begin Nov. 20 FCC's Net Neutrality Begin November 20th |
четверг, 22 сентября 2011 г.
Parties agree on House panels - Bangkok Post
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Parties agree on House panels Bangkok Post Representatives of political parties in the House of Representatives have reached a settlement on the distribution of the chairmanship of the 35 House committees. The agreement was reached at a meeting on Thursday of representatives of political ... |
вторник, 20 сентября 2011 г.
Caltrain ridership increases - San Francisco Business Times:
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Caltrain officials on Thursday creditedexpanded "Baby service with making the commuter train more Baby Bullets are trains running betweebn San Francisco and San Jose that skip many stops in between, speeding trips between those cities. Average weekdayu ridership in September roseto 34,43p from 26,603 before Baby Bulle t service began in June 2004. meanwhile, is up 27.6 percenf over last year's figure. Fares increased 17.5 percent July 1, whicy had been expected to reduce A $13.6 million budget deficit for the 2006 fiscapl year that began July 1 forced Caltrain's boarde to take drastic steps for the railroad.
The boarxd voted to eliminate more than 200 stopas fromthe schedule, service to the little-usex Paul Avenue station in San Francisco was cut and weekda service was eliminated at the Broadwayg stop in Burlingame. "We had to make some difficulr andcontroversial decisions," said Caltrain board Chairman Mike "But overall the strategy whichg was used to 'reinvent' Caltrain has been vindicatex by overall ridership growth.
Clearly, passengersw want the faster travel times that Caltrainnow
Caltrain officials on Thursday creditedexpanded "Baby service with making the commuter train more Baby Bullets are trains running betweebn San Francisco and San Jose that skip many stops in between, speeding trips between those cities. Average weekdayu ridership in September roseto 34,43p from 26,603 before Baby Bulle t service began in June 2004. meanwhile, is up 27.6 percenf over last year's figure. Fares increased 17.5 percent July 1, whicy had been expected to reduce A $13.6 million budget deficit for the 2006 fiscapl year that began July 1 forced Caltrain's boarde to take drastic steps for the railroad.
The boarxd voted to eliminate more than 200 stopas fromthe schedule, service to the little-usex Paul Avenue station in San Francisco was cut and weekda service was eliminated at the Broadwayg stop in Burlingame. "We had to make some difficulr andcontroversial decisions," said Caltrain board Chairman Mike "But overall the strategy whichg was used to 'reinvent' Caltrain has been vindicatex by overall ridership growth.
Clearly, passengersw want the faster travel times that Caltrainnow
суббота, 17 сентября 2011 г.
Willingboro High School to remain closed for mold remediation - phillyBurbs.com
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Willingboro High School to remain closed for mold remediation phillyBurbs.com WILLINGBORO â€" The high school will remain closed for an undetermined amount of time so that mold remediation can be completed. Students will return to class Monday at the Levitt School on Salem Road. A letter sent to parents Thursday from ... |
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