Report. Good afternoon, commissioners. The president did sign a continuing resolution for a twoyear budget framework into law and that will allow us to not have a Government Shutdown until fiscal year 2019. There are specifically in the measure the funding for extending the Childrens Health Insurance Program for an addition four years. Reauthorizing funding for more than 7 billion to Community Health centers that includes the departments dollars for homeless services. It provides 6 billion dedicated opioid treatment and Mental Health service and funding to National Institutes of health and the child Home Visiting program. We are still tracking the 340b issue as well as the fact we know potential of cuts and future cuts in Services Including in cdc, samis a, nih and other areas and keep you informed as we know. Senator scott wiener announced a new conservatorship for addiction and homelessness as part of the definitions. We hope that we are in support of this with the senator and we can
Sufficient funding we wont have to come back for an ask. It will be a process well have to work through and already started with u. C. So that process is going to be some added layers of oversight and collaborative financial management. So well be looking at enhanced process to evaluate whether those need to be refilled. Well be looking at opportunities both now and through the e. H. R. Revenue process and the fees woul offset the need for an affiliation agreement. We are going to be looking at whether theres opportunities to streamline consolidate, identify efficiency in the affiliation costs and the below the line items in the agreement. Theres layers in this but theyll be putting in plis a process well put through the next 18 months and beyond to make sure were including the same level of i guess certainly or oversight in the projections for the affiliation agreement that we are in other items were bringing before the commission and the Mayors Office and fiveyear Financial Planning
Continuing to create the modules. Theres also other areas in terms of payments where we have manual reconciliation in part due to the conversion issues and were reviewing the entries and making sure theyre all appropriate. And want to make sure we have all the staff for a yearend close which happens in august, september and october of 2018. The budget proposes to create a pool of staffing and allows us to give support for our operations and also proposes for consulting for us as well as a work order through the Controllers Office who can help implement better interfaces and modules for the financial system. Then the last emerging need is related to the transfer Emergency Services for our department. As you know, weve been planning the transition for years and it became effective july 1. Prior to the transition we did a study on the staffing and program and there were significant issues and there was an additional need for increased analysis and metrics, policies and procedures and prop
Is finding better results by focussing on those kinds of issues including working in the community and managing individual stress from the African American community. I do want to make sure we recommend the staff today. Director, i had one question off the present i guess the continuing resolution it then would not have the let it of another shutdown im trying so information how that works. I and tis we could have another shut down but this allows us to go forward with the initiatives. And on the report our congratulations for all those who have been recognized at the event. Thank you for the report and the next item. Public comment and ive not received any requests. Could i ask karen to come up to acknowledge her . Surely, please. I know you have experience now and if you can give the commissioners a little bit about your background and the work youve been doing for us. I did hiv prevention back in 1999 and have been working there since 2017 and looking for the transgender community.
Up in the sky its a bird its a plane its i have no idea what that is. Action news sports sunday starts right now. This is action news sports sunday sponsored by audi. Hello again thanks for stopping by welcome to sports sunday we are pleases to have former eagles quarterback ron in the house and im Ducis Rodgers and washington in tomorrow night monday night football at the link to face the birds eagles come in 51 but just how good are the eagles . They are a Good Football Team on prescipice of a very good team its a marathon not a sprint and the eagles have 51 a great start but long way to go but like the way the team is playing complimentary football and offense and defense playing off each other and special teams have been terrific so i like the way this team is playing as a complete unit. About a week and a half between games how does that long layoff affect football teams . Not a whole lot the redskins and the eagles know each other very well. Its the nfc east they know each others