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Clerk 05/01/2014
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AN ORDINANCE making a supplemental appropriation of $500,000 from the general fund to the department of community and human services for implementation of the health and human services transformation plan; and amending the 2014 Annual Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 17695, Section 41, as amended, and the 2013/2014 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 17476, Section 70, as amended.
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PREAMBLE
1. King County has an adopted strategic plan that includes the goal to provide opportunities for all communities and individuals to realize their full potential.
2. The King County Strategic Plan identifies the principle of "fair and just" to guide the county's work and services in order to achieve equitable opportunities for all people and communities.
3. Despite the fact that King County has made progress in improving residents' health and well-being, significant and unacceptable disparities persist in relation to geography, race, ethnicity and other social factors.
4. On November 6, 2012, the council passed Motion 13768 requesting the executive, in collaboration with the departments of public health and community and human services and a community stakeholder panel informed by local and national expertise, to develop and submit a plan for council review and approval for an accountable and integrated system of health, human services, and community-based prevention in King County.
5. In January 2013, the executive convened a thirty-member community stakeholder panel, referred to as the transformation panel, that included representatives from the healthcare, human services and prevention sectors, business community, the geographic sub-regions of King County and local and national experts in system transformation and innovation.
6. The transformation panel advised the executive on the development of a health and human services transformation plan.
7. On July 22, 2013, the council voted unanimously in Motion 13768 to accept the plan for accountable and integrated health and human services.
8. The 2014 mid-biennial budget update, Ordinance 17781, included $500,000 to serve as a catalyst to support one-time costs associated with transformation.
9. The catalyst fund resource is held in general fund reserve.
10. The executive, in partnership with Public Health - Seattle & King County and the Department of Community and Human Services, developed guidelines on the intended use of and allocation processes associated with the catalyst funds, including future reporting back to the council.
11. The catalyst fund, while administratively appropriated to the department of community and human services, is a resource that will come under the joint oversight of Public Health - Seattle & King County and the department of community and human services.
12. The catalyst fund will be managed jointly between the two departments and department directors, who together with the executive office will engage in collaborative decision making on how the catalyst fund is utilized within the transformation planning efforts.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated $500,000 from the general fund to the department of community and human services for implementation of the health and human services transformation plan.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 17695, Section 41, as amended, is hereby amended by adding thereto and inserting therein the following:
HUMAN SERVICES GF TRANSFERS - From the general fund there is hereby appropriated to:
Human services GF transfers $500,000
SECTION 3. Ordinance 17476, Section 70, as amended, is hereby amended by adding thereto and inserting therein the following:
COMMUNITY AND HUMAN SERVICES ADMINISTRATION- From the
community and human services administration fund there is hereby appropriated to:
Community and human services administration $500,000