Thought someone interested in wilderness programs (Cathy, Barbe) might want to follow up on this stuff:
Eckerd Youth Alternatives is located in North Carolina per this link:
http://www.ncdjjdp.org/statistics/repor ... 0carolina' So I'm assuming this is the same place where they are getting $2.2 million - an increase in funding, if I'm understanding this correctly.
http://www.newsobserver.com/644/story/457946.html"Highlights of the $18.87 billion final spending plan for the 2006-07 fiscal year approved Thursday by the House and Senate. The monetary figures reflect adjustments to the two-year budget the legislature approved last year."
? increase rate for Eckerd Wilderness Camps for at-risk youths: $2.2 million. (full article below)
Articles about Eckerd (I'm not 100% sure this is the same place, but worth checking into.)
http://caica.org/NEWS%20DEATH%20Lorenzo.htm And here's another thing I just found - Monster.com is a job finding website. They have quite the listing for "youth counselor" positions at Eckerd, and they are not only located in No. Carolina from what I can see. This is quite disturbing, when you take a closer look. There are postings for Rite of Passage, didn't a child die there, Paul Choy? Three Springs, known to be abusive.
http://jobsearch.monster.com/jobsearch. ... 0counselorFULL ARTICLE:
Published: Jul 06, 2006 02:41 PM
The Associated Press
Highlights of the $18.87 billion final spending plan for the 2006-07 fiscal year approved Thursday by the House and Senate. The monetary figures reflect adjustments to the two-year budget the legislature approved last year.
Salaries and benefits
? average 8 percent salary increase for public school teachers and 6 percent raise for community college and university faculty, with 2 percent one-time bonus for community college faculty and professional staff; 5.5 percent raise for most state workers: $664.1 million.
? additional 30-year salary step for public school teachers: $10.8 million.
? University of North Carolina system faculty recruitment and retention salary fund: $5 million.
? raise salaries of public school janitors, service workers and other non-certified employees to at least $20,112: $8.6 million.
? 3 percent cost-of-living raise for state retirees: $27.1 million.
? fourth installment of five-year retirement system payback: $30 million.
Public schools
? meet projected increased enrollment of 18,363 students: $77 million.
? use lottery money to pay for class-size reduction efforts: -$127.9 million.
? compensate for lower than expected civil fines and forfeiture collections: $30 million.
? restore money to local school districts for previously ordered spending reductions: $44.3 million.
? expand funding to all school districts to help students most at risk of academic failure: $27 million.
? provide full funding for low-wealth school districts: $41.9 million.
? evaluate Disadvantaged Student Supplemental Fund and low-wealth district funding: $500,000.
? increases funding for exceptional children from $2,966.65 per student to $2,972.52: $1 million.
? fund ABCs of Public Education teacher bonuses: $90 million.
? expand ?Learn and Earn? high school initiative from 15 schools to 34, with planning money for 20 more: $9.7 million.
? expand number of small specialty high schools from 11 to 32 and provide planning money for 10 more: $4.5 million.
? fund North Carolina Virtual Public Schools initiative: $2.8 million.
? upgrade public school broadband connectivity: $6 million.
? hire 100 literacy coaches at schools with eighth graders: $4.8 million.
? begins pilot program in three school districts to each provide salary supplements to 10 new math and science teachers: $515,000.
? support short-term contracts for long-delayed NCWISE computer grade book: $1.9 million.
? Kids Voting NC Funds: $250,000. University of North Carolina system
? hire professors, staff and pay for other items to meet projected enrollment increase of 7,110 students: $79 million.
? increase need-based financial aid for additional 1,730 students this fall and cover higher prices for other students: $21.6 million.
? create graduate nursing scholarship loan program: $1.2 million.
? expand Area Health Education Centers, educate psychiatrists to serve rural areas: $1.4 million.
? expand ?Translational Medicine? program at UNC-Chapel Hill medical school: $2.5 million.
? first-year cost of UNC?s share of North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis: $6 million.
? operating support for biotechnology initiatives at N.C. Central University and N.C. State University: $4.5 million.
? construct Family House at UNC Hospitals, a 40-bedroom facility to provide housing to patients and family members visiting the hospital: $1 million.
? additional focused growth, special needs campus funds (10 campuses): $2 million.
? increase research at N.C. Progress Board: $200,000.
? scholarships and grants to schools attending N.C. private colleges: $7.8 million.
? continue UNC-community college systems? 2+2 E-Learning Initiative: $1 million.
? expand prospective teacher scholarship loan program: $1 million.
? expand Future Teacher of North Carolina Scholarship Loan Program: $325,000.
Community colleges
? meet projected increased enrollment of 2,277 students: $7.1 million.
? multicampus college enrollment growth: $601,000.
? provide one position for administration of financial aid program at each college: $3.6 million.
? purchase of instructional equipment: $10 million.
? creates competitive grant program for campuses for facility and equipment needs and for allied health projects: $20 million.
? improve nursing programs: $1 million.
? fund Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Biotechnology Training Center and Greenhouse at new North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis: $2.2 million.
? operation of N.C. Military Business Center: $1 million.
? mobile video conferencing equipment at eight colleges: $120,000. Health and Human Services
? revise Medicaid program expense forecast: -$150 million
? inflation reimbursement rate increases for Medicaid providers: $12 million.
? 200 additional slots for Community Alternatives Program: $3 million.
? adjust reimbursement rates for skilled nursing facilities: $1.5 million.
? inflation rate increase for home health and personal care services providers: $1.5 million.
? cap counties? share of Medicaid at 2005-06 levels: $27.4 million.
? reduce funding for Governor?s Vision Care Program: -$1.5 million.
? expand early intervention program for children up to age 3 in Division of Public Health, hire 141 workers: $7.1 million.
? expand coverage of influenza, pertussis vaccines: $5.5 million.
? permanent funds for 65 school nurses: $3.3 million.
? fund grants for Community Focused Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative: $2 million.
? provide state match for antiviral medication for first responders: $400,000.
? test anticipated additional private well water samples due to increase enforcement of well construction standards: $226,000.
? dental preventive services for children at high risk of tooth decay: $390,000.
? more funding for 93 new positions, operations with expansion of two alcohol and drug abuse treatment centers: $4 million.
? replace federal funds for services to developmentally disabled: $26 million.
? funds for community-based mental health and substance abuse services: $14.4 million.
? mental health trust fund one-time funding: $14.4 million.
? apartment housing for people with disabilities: $11.3 million.
? startup and operating funds to community-based mental health management centers for patient crisis services: $12.3 million.
? maintain caseload and reduce waiting list for child-care subsidies: $14.1 million.
? expand Smart Start childhood initiative: $13.5 million.
? reduces Work First cash assistance payments: -$2.3 million.
? cover increased costs of foster care, adoption assistance programs: $12.2 million.
? increase State/County Special Assistance rate adjustment for residents in rest homes: $2.4 million.
? increase daily rates for adult day care and adult care health care programs: $1 million.
? replace voice response unit, upgrade telephone system at Martin County child support enforcement call center: $2 million.
? use lottery money to pay for More at Four program, which is being transferred to the Department of Public Instruction: -$66.7 million.
? improve public patient access to psychiatrists: $4.5 million.
? community health center grants: $3 million.
? rural hospital funding: $3 million.
Natural and Economic Resources
? emergency preparedness within Agriculture Department: $2.1 million.
? four new coastal habitat protection compliance positions: $277,000.
? five new positions, technical support for private well water safety program: $1.1 million.
? new emergency drinking water fund: $300,000.
? state aquarium operating funds: $2.5 million.
? implement new coastal recreational fishing license program: $375,000.
? matching funds for clean water, drinking water revolving funds: $6.1 million.
? monitor and cleanup Texfi site contamination: $100,000.
? One North Carolina Small Business Fund for economic development: $5 million.
? One North Carolina Fund for economic development: $15 million.
? economic development reserve fund: $10 million.
? replace Industrial Commission?s electronic document system: $1.5 million.
? promote North Carolina as business destination: $1 million.
? advertise International Home Furnishings Market in High Point: $1.75 million.
? promote N.C. motor sports: $100,000.
? promote N.C. film industry: $250,000.
? proposed Advanced Vehicle Research Center in Northampton County: $3.75 million.
? provide funds to Minority Support Center to support Generations Credit Union and Latino Community Credit Union: $1.5 million.
? increase funds for N.C. Biotechnology Center and regional offices: $2.5
Justice and Public Safety
? legal services programs: $1 million.
? staff for Innocence Claim Review Commission if panel becomes law: $211,000.
? ongoing Justice Building renovations: $512,000.
? improve electronic filings in court system, automated evidence tracking system for open discovery: $8.5 million.
? 90 new assistant district attorneys and nine victim witness legal assistants: $4.2 million.
? replace, upgrade technology and office equipment in court system: $5.9 million.
? 75 new deputy clerks of court: $1.4 million.
? funding for 17 new District Court judges: $1.3 million.
? six new magistrates: $266,000.
? hire 13 new Guardian ad Litem staff: $780,000.
? expansion of family, drug treatment and business courts: $1.1 million.
? increase juror fees: $500,000.? cover unpaid attorney fee applications for indigent defendants: $4.5 million.
? raise hourly rate for private assigned counsel in capital cases from $85 per hour to $95 per hour: $1.6 million.
? hire 12 new State Bureau of Investigation agents and scientists: $808,000.
? replace state and local equipment for automated fingerprint identification system: $2 million.
? upgrade N.C. sex offender registry program to include consumer access to map of offenders? homes and e-mail notification: $200,000.
? increase rate for Eckerd Wilderness Camps for at-risk youths: $2.2 million.
? operating reserve for startup of new youth development centers for juvenile offenders: $690,000.
? implement electronic, satellite monitoring of up to 300 most serious convicted sex offenders: $1.3 million.
? reserve for Department of Correction energy costs: $9.6 million.
? increase prison capacity by 468 beds over six prisons: $2.1 million.
? provide partial funding for increasing prisoner medical care expenses: $16.2 million.
? 38 medical records clerk and practical nurses in prison system: $1.4 million.
? train and equip urban search and rescue and swift water rescue teams: $440,000.
? increase maximum monthly pension payment for N.C. National Guard members from $150 to $160: $965,000.
? Governor?s Crime Commission grant money for gang violence prevention: $1.5 million.
? assistance for N.C. National Guard families: $500,000.
? reduce crime victims compensation claims: $1 million.
Transportation
? reduce Department of Transportation administration budget: -$2.5 million.
? expand assistance for capital projects at rural airports: $2 million.
? recall old license plates that need to be replaced: $1.2 million.
? close 13 local drivers license offices by December: -$82,000.
? two new drivers license mobile units: $460,000.
? additional ferry maintenance: $1 million.
? improved automated roadside weigh stations: $12.8 million.
? Highway Fund maintenance, contract resurfacing projects: $167 million.
? public transportation grants: $4 million.
? cover operational costs of Carolinian and Piedmont passenger trains: $1.2 million.
? small construction projects for economic development, safety and transportation improvements: $38 million.
? expand, provide maintenance for statewide emergency radio network: $10.2 million.
? reduce annual transfer from Highway Trust Fund to general fund: - $195 million.
? increase funds for intrastate system, urban loops: $141.1 million.
? secondary road construction: $9.3 million.
Other agencies and funds
? grants for domestic violence prevention programs: $350,000.
? Cultural Sharing and Caring Program within Division of Archive and History in part to provide opera and ballet within public schools: $750,000.
? Queen Anne?s Revenge archaeology project: $247,000.
? venue fee for Egyptian Art and expenses for Monet exhibits at N.C. Museum of Art: $225,000.
? Grass roots Arts Council grants: $1 million.
? state aid to local libraries: $830,000.
? continue home foreclosure protection pilot program: $1.5 million.
? reallocate four positions within Secretary of State?s Office to meet new lobbying registration requirements: $136,000.
? create eight permanent and three temporary campaign finance reporting positions within State Board of Elections: $787,000.
Capital projects, reserves
? revised debt service payments: -$50 million.
? state employee payroll system: $41.8 million.
? establish state emergency response account: $20 million.
? heating and cooling assistance to needy families: $10 million.
? reserve for legal expenses for state Attorney General?s Office: $1.1 million.
? design, build two 100-bed veterans nursing homes: $8.8 million.
? purchase four container cranes for Port of Wilmington: $7.5 million.
? new state emergency operations center in Raleigh: $8.5 million.
? planning funds to design History Education Center at Tryon Palace: $1.5 million.
? acquire land and make improvements for planned 2,000-acre expansion at Hickory Nut Gorge State Park: $15 million.
? water resources development projects: $20 million.
? Appalachian State University capital planning for proposed College of Education Living Learning Academic Building: $1.8 million.
? Fayetteville State University capital planning for proposed science and technology complex: $1 million.
? N.C. Agricultural & Technical State University capital planning for general classroom facility: $1 million.
? N.C. School of the Arts capital planning for proposed library: $1 million.
? N.C. State University engineering school relocation to Centennial Campus: $61 million.
? UNC-Chapel Hill capital planning and site preparation for Genomics Science Building: $28.4 million.
? UNC Hospitals capital funds for master plan for hospital and UNC medical school: $3 million.
? UNC-Greensboro capital planning for proposed general classroom and office building: $2.3 million.
? UNC-Pembroke capital planning for proposed residence hall: $1 million.
? UNC-Wilmington nursing school design and construction: $27 million.
? Western Carolina University capital planning for School of Health and Gerontology Building: $2.4 million.
? Winston-Salem State University capital planning for proposed student activities center: $768,000.
? planning funds for UNC-Chapel Hill dental school expansion and for establishment of East Carolina University dental school: $7 million. Tax provisions
? reduce state portion of sales tax from 4.5 percent to 4.25 percent starting Dec. 1: -$140.1 million.
? reduce individual income tax rate for top wage earners from 8.25 percent to 8 percent starting Jan. 1, 2007: -$28.6 million.
? cap gasoline tax rate at 29.9 cents per gallon for a year.
? $250 per employee small business health insurance tax credit: -$7.2 million.
N.C. General Assembly.
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