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FISCAL YEAR 2018 BUDGET ADDRESS 1 State of the County The County is in a good place with positive momentum. 270,000 jobs (all-time high) Unemployment rate of 3.8% (Maryland 4.6%) Median household income of $89,860 (29 th highest in


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FISCAL YEAR 2018 BUDGET ADDRESS

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State of the County

  • 270,000 jobs (all-time high)
  • Unemployment rate of 3.8% (Maryland 4.6%)
  • Median household income of $89,860 (29th

highest in the U.S.)

  • $41 billion economy (4th largest in MD)
  • Diverse economic base

The County is in a good place with positive momentum.

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Budget Overview

FY2017 (approved) FY2018 (proposed) Change $ % Expenditures* $1,397.5 $1,457.5 $60.0 4.3%

(dollars in millions)

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* Recurring

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FY18 Budget Priorities

Pre K-12 education and public safety remain our biggest budget priorities.

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Board of Education Public Safety 51% 28%

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Five-Point Plan

  • Reduce taxes and fees.
  • Improve the education system.
  • Enhance public safety.
  • Make government more efficient and

customer-friendly.

  • Improve our quality of life.

Vision: The best place to live, work and start a business

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Tax and Fee Reduction

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Income Tax Rate Cut $16.0 Property Tax Rate Cuts $33.6 Water/Sewer Connection Fee Cut $13.8 Senior Plus Fee Cut $0.1 Pet Fees Cuts $0.1 Occupancy Permit Fee Cut $0.1 Total $63.7

Tax and Fee Cuts to Date

Tax and fee cuts since FY15 cumulate nearly $64 million.

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Proposed Tax Eliminations in FY18

Movies Athletic Facilities Mobile Homes $1 per person per movie $36 per person per year $300 per family per year

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Movies, athletics and mobile home tax eliminations aggregate $3.3 million annually.

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Highland Beach Tax Differential

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Property Tax Rate Reduction

FY2017 (approved) FY2018 (proposed) Change Rate per $100 Assessed Value $0.915 $0.907 ($0.008)

Reduction will save taxpayers $5.7 million in FY18.

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Property Tax Rate Trend

FY18 represents the fourth straight property tax rate cut.

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$0.88 $0.89 $0.90 $0.91 $0.92 $0.93 $0.94 $0.95 $0.96

Property Tax Rates FY14-FY18

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Education (Capital)

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New School/Replacement 6-yr CIP Jessup Elementary (construction) $45.2 Arnold Elementary (construction) $40.8 Crofton High School (construction) $124.5 Modernization/Revitalization Manor View Elementary (construction) $34.4 High Point Elementary (construction) $40.5 George Cromwell Elementary (construction) $32.7 Edgewater Elementary (design)

$35.4

Tyler Heights Elementary (design)

$32.1

Richard Henry Lee (design)

$32.4

School Construction Priorities

Nine school construction projects are funded in FY 2018.

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(dollars in millions)

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Crofton High School

Construction of the $125 million project begins in FY18.

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Old Mill High School

Two smaller schools on two campuses will replace the existing mega-sized high school.

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Middle (North) Middle (South) High School

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200 400 800 1,600

High School Size by County

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Anne Arundel County high schools have the highest average enrollment in Maryland.

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Annapolis Library

Groundbreaking for the new $24.2 million Annapolis Library will occur in FY18.

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Health Sciences & Biology Building

Planning continues for this critical project to train healthcare leaders.

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Education (Operating)

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Education Priorities

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Assure health benefits fund is solvent

Continue consistent STEP increases

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Health Benefits Fund Crisis

  • The fund is on the brink of insolvency.
  • Incoming revenues from County and

employee contributions are running $30 million short annually.

  • Without corrective, near-term action, layoffs
  • r furloughs will be the most likely result.

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Causes of Health Benefits Crisis

  • Diversion of revenue stream from health benefits

fund to school system employee salaries in FY15

  • Significant increases in healthcare costs in recent

years

  • Unaffordable plan configuration

– One of the lowest employee contributions in Maryland – Among the lowest co-pays in Maryland

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Actions to Date

Significant actions have already been taken but are not a permanent solution.

Full Impact CareFirst Contract $4.0 FY17 1st Q Payment from County 10.0 FY17 4th Q Payment from County 5.0 Total $19.0

(dollars in millions)

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Reform Concept: Shared Sacrifice

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$30 million annual impact

Employees Board of Education County Government

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Reform Proposal FY18-19

FY18 FY19 Increase Employee Contribution $4.0 $8.0 School System Reallocations 4.0 8.0 County Health Fund Rescue 5.0 10.0 CareFirst Contract Savings 2.0 4.0 $15.0 $30.0

(dollars in millions)

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Proposed Teacher Pay Increases

  • Full STEP on July 1 ($15.6 million)

–County backfills State shortfall ($4.4 million)

  • One-time subsidy to employees to offset

health premium increases ($7.5 million)

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Recurring Funding Increase to AACPS

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We are proposing a $26 million ongoing increase, or 4.1% , in County support of the AACPS operating budget.

FY18 Maintenance of Effort (Required) $6.2 Health Fund Rescue (Discretionary) 5.0 Additional Payroll Support (Discretionary) 9.4* E-Rate (Discretionary) 1.4 Monarch Startup (Discretionary) 4.0 $26.0

* Includes $4.4 million to backfill State shortfall. (dollars in millions)

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$0 $2 $4 $6 $8 $10 $12 $14 $16 $18 $20 Dollars in millions

Funding over MOE

Increment above MOE

The FY18 proposal is $19.8 million over Maintenance of Effort requirements.

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Board of Education Funding

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Overall education funding will increase 2.9% to an all-time high of $1.2 billion. FY17 FY18 Increase (approved) (proposed) $ % County $643.2 $681.7 $38.5 6.0% State 354.2 356.4 2.2 0.6 Federal 58.3 63.4 5.1 8.7 Other 65.8 52.2

  • 13.6
  • 20.7

$1,121.5 $1,153.7 $32.2 2.9%

(dollars in millions)

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Community College and Libraries

FY17 FY18 Change (Approved) (Proposed) $ % AACC $40.4 $42.0 $1.6 4.0% Libraries $20.2 $21.2 $1.0 5.0%

(dollars in millions)

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Public Safety

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Central Booking Facility

Construction will begin on the $12 million Central Booking facility in FY18.

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Police Academy

Construction of the new $18.7 million Police Academy will begin in FY18.

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Average Vehicle Age

The average age of police vehicles will fall to 3 years in FY18.

Age of Police Fleet

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Fire Station Projects

Location Project Cost New Stations: Lake Shore $5.9 Galesville 6.8 Jacobsville 6.2 Herald Harbor 7.7 Modernizations: Harmans Dorsey 1.9 South Glen Burnie 1.8 Total $30.3

(dollars in millions)

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Woodland Beach Fire Station

The Woodland Beach Fire Station will receive $1 million toward its relocation effort in FY18.

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Increased Public Safety Headcount

Fire Department 14 Police Department 21 Sheriff’s Office 1 State’s Attorney’s Office 2 Total 38

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Public Safety Headcount

Authorized Positions Change FY15 FY18 FY15-18 Detention 398 397

  • 1

Emergency Mgmt. 5 5 Fire 896 922 26 Parole & Probation* 51 64 13 Police 951 995 44 Sheriff 101 105 4 State’s Attorney 108 117 9 Total 2,510 2,605 95

*State funded positions.

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Office of Emergency Management

Reorganization has enhanced readiness.

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  • Office was previously embedded in the

Fire Department

  • No consistency of leadership
  • No involvement in cabinet deliberations
  • Not fully prepared for a major event
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OEM Organization

Professional emergency planners have been installed.

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Kevin Aftung

Merit Planner

Christina Calp

Contract Planner

Katie Starr

Merit Exercise and Training

Jim Tully

Contract Exercise and Training

Pending

Contract EM Specialist

Jim Krempel

Contract EM Technology

Victor Henderson

Administrative Assistant Denise Rogers

Secretary II

Tristin Ziegenhein

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Storm Ready

Anne Arundel County declared “Storm Ready.”

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Community Alliance Prosecution

Pilot will provide State’s Attorney coverage in districts.

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Inmate Rehabilitation

Over 900 inmates have earned GED certificates since 1998.

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Heroin

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Photo: Joshua McKerrow, The Capital

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Opiate Abuse

Overdoses have more than doubled over the last year.

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Full Year Year to Date 2015 2016 Chng. 2016 2017 Chng. Overdoses 344 814 136% 233 330 42% Fatalities 51 119 133% 45 38

  • 14%
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Fighting Back Against Heroin

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Enforcement Treatment Education

  • Expanded Police

Diversion Squad

  • Dedicated heroin

prosecutor

  • Prioritized heroin

warrants

  • New treatment

center

  • Increased

provider grants

  • Increased

budget for Narcan

  • Deployed

Vivitrol in jails

  • Safe Stations
  • School assemblies
  • Town halls
  • Over 60

community presentations

  • National

recognition

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Opioid Intervention Team (OIT)

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  • State initiative to facilitate coordination among

the Counties and the State

  • State-level OIT to provide overall leadership
  • Anne Arundel County OIT to succeed Heroin

Action Task Force

  • County Senior Policy Group (SPG) to establish

countywide policies

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Government Operations and Reform

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Structural Budget Surplus

The County will have a structural surplus of $6 million in FY18.

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  • $50
  • $40
  • $30
  • $20
  • $10

$0 $10 Dollars in millions

Structural Budget FY10-18

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Bond Ratings

Agency Rating S&P AAA Moody’s Aa1

Anne Arundel County maintains strong bond ratings.

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New Controller

Karin McQuade brings private-sector experience to the County.

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Rainy Day Fund

The Rainy Day Fund is at an all-time high and is approaching our new target of 5% of revenue.

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$10 $20 $30 $40 $50 $60 $70

Rainy Day Fund Balance

Dollars in millions

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311 Customer Service

Program enhances efficiency with minimal budget impact.

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Commission on Innovation and Effectiveness

Citizen group is reviewing proposals to increase efficiency.

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Claire Louder Bill Westervelt

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Faster Permitting

The time to process permits has been reduced significantly.

Percentage of Permits Issued CY14 CY16 Single Family Homes (within 30 days) 32% 44% Single Family Grading (within 90 days) 19% 31% Decks (same day) 31% 70% Commercial Tenant (same day) 9% 22%

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Faster Planning

Project review times have improved dramatically.

FY14 FY17 Change Residential Subdivisions Sketch Plan 328 114

  • 65%

Final Plan 174 70

  • 60%

Site Development Plan Preliminary Plan 215 121

  • 44%

Site Development Plan 205 135

  • 34%

Average Days of Review

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Faster Procurement

Purchasing turnaround time has been reduced by 18 days.

100 105 110 115 120 125 130 135 FY16 FY17 Days Average Days in Procurement

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Surplus Properties

The County finally has a reliable inventory of assets.

Total Properties 2,100 Reviewed for Surplus 111 Reviewed by Department 43 Retained for Use 30 Available for Surplus 38 Approved for Surplus 11

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Non-Public Safety Vehicle Fleet

The average age of 11 years of our Bureau of Highways vehicles is unacceptable.

2 4 6 8 10 12 14

Years

Average Age of Vehicles

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Headcount

FY17 FY18 (Approved) (Proposed) Change Recreation and Parks

92 95 3

Planning and Zoning

65 66 1

Inspections and Permits

132 133 1

Public Safety

2,503 2,541 38

Other 916 916 Grand Total 3,708 3,751 43

With the exception of public safety, overall headcount is nearly flat in FY18.

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Office of Transportation

Ramond Robinson is leading the new Office of Transportation.

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Photo: Josh McKerrow, The Capital

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Other Personnel Actions

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  • All County employees will receive cost-of-living

and merit increases.

  • Background checks will be centralized and

automated.

  • Inspections and Permits has been restructured for

better deployment of staff.

  • Employee forms will be digitized.
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Personnel Actions

Carbon paper: You are out of here!

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Improving Minority Outreach

Derek Matthews and Angela Davis join the team.

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Larry Tom Retires

Planning and Zoning Officer Larry Tom is retiring after more than a decade of service to Anne Arundel County.

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Partnership with Annapolis

Teaming up for transportation, elections and oyster recovery.

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Quality of Life

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Waterway Improvement

  • Over 300 projects countywide
  • $233 million over the next six

years – largest commitment in County history

  • The waterways are responding
  • Bay Rating: 34

(up from 32 in 2014)

  • South River Rating: 60%

(up from 56% in 2015)

  • Most acreage of underwater

grasses since 1982

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Recreational Amenities

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Tennis Center at Millersville Park

Design of a countywide tennis facility continues in FY18.

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Millersville Elementary

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Severna Park Community Center

Funding for renovation of the pool facility is included in FY18.

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Millersville Elementary

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Eisenhower Golf Course

Renovation of the golf course begins in FY18.

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Millersville Elementary

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Vision for Bicycle Trails

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Current Future

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Public Boat Ramps

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Beverly Triton Beach

A revised design is responsive to community concerns.

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Millersville Elementary

  • Manmade beach replaced

by natural beach area.

  • Gatehouse added for

security.

  • Shoreline restoration

added.

  • Parking spaces reduced

from 152 to 96.

  • Frisbee golf area removed.
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Local Road Spending

Increased spending has doubled the mileage of resurfaced roads.

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 $0 $5 $10 $15 $20 $25 $30

Miles Resurfaced Local Road Spending (in millions)

Capital Funding Miles Resurfaced Local Road Spending and Miles Resurfaced

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Sewage Spills Comparison

Anne Arundel County has a very reliable wastewater system.

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2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 Gallons in millions Millions of Gallons of Sewage Spills

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Health Initiatives

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  • Expanded mental health/crisis response

services

  • Enhanced mosquito control program
  • R.A.T. pilot program
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R.A.T. Action Plan

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  • $900,000 pilot program

designed to eliminate rodents in North County

  • Free inspections of 5,300

residential and 530 commercial properties

  • Free extermination services
  • 2 free trash cans for each

household

  • Community education
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Approach to Safety Net Services

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  • Public housing communities
  • Temporary Cash Assistance
  • Food stamps
  • Services to homeless people
  • Workforce development

Government programs can be a helping hand or a trap.

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Family Self-Sufficiency

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  • Initiated by Housing Commission of Anne

Arundel County.

  • Provides college preparation, GED services,

job training, financial literacy.

  • Promotes self-sufficiency and self-respect.
  • Received County general funds for the first

time in FY17.

  • General funds of $215,000 in FY18.
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Success Story

Shaya Thomas of Freetown settled on her new home last month.

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Foster Care Population Dropping

The foster care population has decreased 25% since CY2013.

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100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180

Foster Care Population

Foster Care Population

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Welfare Enrollment Dropping

Food stamps recipients have fallen by 7% since FY14 and cash assistance recipients have fallen by 18% since FY13.

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Food Stamp Participants Adult Welfare Recipients

500 600 700 800 900 1,000 1,100 30,000 32,000 34,000 36,000 38,000 40,000 42,000 44,000 46,000 48,000 50,000

Food Stamps Cash Assistance

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Reducing Homelessness

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  • Homeless Street Outreach Team

program launched in October.

  • 57 chronically homeless individuals

were moved to permanent housing in 2016.

  • 15 chronically homeless individuals

were connected to mental health and substance abuse services.

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Training Our Workforce

Workforce Development Corp. served nearly 2,000 clients in FY17.

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200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400 1,600 1,800 2,000

Clients Number of Clients Served

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Constituent Services

The Fantastic Four has closed 5,300 cases to date.

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