Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board making changes to program after budget woes.
The Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board’s (CSB) budget appears to be taking steps toward fiscal stability after a September injection of funds from the Board of Supervisors. In September, the Board of Supervisors helped shore up a projected $9.5 million shortfall in the CSB’s FY2013 budget during the 2012 carryover process. Approximately $3.5 million from the county’s General Fund was allocated to cover employee benefits, and another $3 million was taken from a reserve to fund critical human services. CSB Director George Braustein said the Infant Toddler Connection (ITC), which provides evaluations and help to children up to age three who have a developmental delay or are at risk of becoming delayed, will likely be over budget by…
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Last in series of public hearings draws supporters of CrisisLink, other organizations facing cuts
Fairfax County resident Tom Walker started using drugs and alcohol when he was nine years old. He says he wouldn’t be alive today if it weren’t for help he received through the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board (CSB). Walker graduated from the now-defunct Sunrise treatment program in 1997 and has successfully pursued a career in mental health. And on Monday night, Walker spoke before the Fairfax County Human Services Council regarding the CSB’s budget woes. The CSB, an agency that organizes and provides critical services to people with mental and physical disabilities and substance abuse issues, faces an $8 million gap in its $150 million budget for 2012 and an additional $9.5 million in 2013. But a plan to manage these holes …
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
As a judge considers whether to close Virginia's institutions for persons with severe disabilities, families watch, hope, and mobilize.
In Richmond, a judge deliberates: should he accept a settlement between the U.S. Department of Justice and the Commonwealth of Virginia that would close the Fairfax-based Northern Virginia Training Center and three other institutions that care for persons with severe disabilities? In Reston, Springfield, and Arlington - among other places across Virginia - families wait with hope… and dread. The Jan. 26, 2012 settlement between the Commonwealth of Virginia and the U.S. Department of Justice is a legal issue. U.S. District Court Judge John A. Gibney of Richmond has heard in writing from all interested parties and will set a date to allow some to speak at a public hearing before deciding whether the state has the right to close institutions …
Other Options
5:13 pm on Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Other Options I agree with the poster who said there needs to be a continuum of placements As currently presented, I see the DOJ Settlement as another No Child Left Behind with a "one goal outcome for all individuals" and that is not taking into consideration two things (1) the diversity of needs of individuals in the training centers and the abilities of service providers and families without a … more ›