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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Bigger Budget For The Department of Social Development

The Department of Social Development getting a hefty budget boost: the budget now sits at 1.05 billion dollars.

That amounts to a 41.8 million dollar increase.

Some of the highlights include 21 and a half million dollars towards poverty reduction, 10.3 million for the construction and renovation of affordable housing units, and 2.6 million dollars in school supplies for low income families.

But some trims were also made,  including 1.5 million in nursing home costs, eliminating the Energy Efficiency Retrofit Program, and increases to the per diem user fee for nursing home residents.