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Fairfax Falls Church Community Services Board

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

CSB Moving Toward Financial Stability

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

County Hears Pleas for Support Programs

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 …

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