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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Ortiz y Pino
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2/12/07
HB
SHORT TITLE
BERNALILLO COUNTY TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING
SB 982
ANALYST Propst
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
$200.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates HB 1039
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Department of Finance and Administration (DFA)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Senate Bill 982 appropriates $200.0 from the General Fund to the Local Government Division of
the Department of Finance and Administration to operate a transitional housing program for
substance-dependent and homeless people in Bernalillo County.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $200.0 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the General Fund.
Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY08 shall revert to the
General Fund.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
DFA reports that the transitional housing program in Bernalillo County is designed to assist the
substance dependent and homeless and to free up emergency room beds for true emergency room
care. The program works in collaboration with the Metropolitan Assessment and Treatment
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Services (MATS) facility which is located across the street from this non-profit location. The
two programs are forming a social services arena that will reduce substance-dependence and will
secondarily reduce Albuquerque's homeless population. By helping individuals to become sober
and then helping them to attain stable housing and employment, many more of Albuquerque's
citizens will become healthier contributing members of the community at large. As a by-product,
each hospital emergency department in Albuquerque should be decompressed and the general
public should receive more prompt emergency room care.
The program currently operates a community center building that offers programs such as AA
and NA meetings, exercise classes and other social services designed to support and sustain the
sobriety of the MATS graduates.
Funding from foundations and private donors have allowed for the construction of the
transitional housing project to begin. There will be 20 transitional housing units available for
homeless while they gain the knowledge and the skills needed to obtain employment and the
ability to secure stable housing in the community.
The purpose of this legislative funding is to sustain current programs and to develop future
transitional housing initiative by allowing for a paid staff of four and to secure the costs of
insurance and utilities to operate the facility.
(Source: Endorphin Power Company, Dr. Sam Slishman, CEO).
DUPLICATION
Duplicates HB 1039
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