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FY26 Budget Update & FY27 Budget Timeline Austin Community Court | 1/16/26 City Budget Highlights  A base wage increase of 4% or $2,120, whichever amount is greater for all regular non-sworn employees hired on or before April 1, 2025.  An increase in the City’s living wage from $21.63 to $22.05 per hour.  No premium rate increases for any City medical and dental plans.  Increase in calendar year limits for chiropractor care for all medical plans and acupuncture care for PPO and CDHP medical plans.  Fertility benefits, including cryopreservation with a lifetime maximum of $20,000.  Additional coverage option for Dependent Life Insurance of $30,000 for spouse/domestic partner and $15,000 for children. 2 Community Court Budget Highlights  Funding to transition 6 ARPA funded staff to General Fund  10% reduction to wrap around support service contracts ($630k)  EMCOT more than a $2 million increase to get to 24/7 Field Response Operations  The Sobering Center, which has transitioned to Community Court as of this fiscal year, is seeing an increase of $500k, which will help them keep up with operational cost increases and make some positive 3 FY25 Community Court Social Service Contracts Jeff Sounalath Edna Staniszewski Purpose of Community Court Social Service Contracts • Social Service Contracts o Directly serve Community Court clients o Part of wraparound supports that are critical for our case management and community court model • Additional community wide programs including EMCOT and Sobering Center o Managed by Community Court  Subject matter expertise and contracting infrastructure in place o Creates efficiencies for other public safety departments Community Court Social Service Investments Services include: • Long- and short-term housing solutions • Mental health services • Peer support • Substance use treatment • SSI/ SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR) application assistance and representative payee services • Mental health first response • Community planning efforts for reentry services FY25 Investments Agency Program A New Entry, Inc. ANE Bridge Housing Communities for Recovery, Inc. Peer-based Recovery Support Services Contract Budget $75,000 $270,571 Family Eldercare Family Eldercare Foundation Communities Integral Care Integral Care Integral Care Integral Care Integral Care Integral Care Integral Care The Other Ones Foundation, Inc. Rep. Payee Services and SOAR App. Assistance $127,434 Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) DACC Permanent Supportive Housing $1,050,000 $433,000 Expanded Mobile Crisis Outreach Team (EMCOT) $4,725,569 Homeless Health and Wellness Center (Jan-Sep) $393,151 Homeless Health and Wellness Center (Oct-Dec) $103,944 Homeless Outreach Street Team (HOST) Managed Service Organization (MSO) Road to Recovery Therapeutic Diversion Program Bridge Housing Shelter (Oct-Mar) $483,787 $672,000 $805,095 $1,000,000 $102,193 $50,000 Austin Community Foundation for the Capital Area Re-entry Roundtable Co-sponsorship % of Total Budget 1% 3% 1% 10% 4% 46% 4% 1% 5% 6% 8% 10% 1% >1% Communities for Recovery Peer Support Services  Peer-based recovery support services for case management clients  Embedded peer support in Community Court lobby FY 25 Budget & Goals FY 25 Actual FY26 Budget & Goals Contract Amount (ongoing funding) $270,571 $235,177 $266,174 Total Clients Served (clients assigned a peer support specialist) # of meaningful interactions with individuals onsite at Community Court 88 72 72 1770 2918 2918 8 Family Eldercare, Inc. Representative Payee Services & SOAR Application Assistance  Application assistance for federal benefits to increase income and achieve financial stability  Financial management services for clients who need assistance FY 25 Budget & Goals FY 25 Actual FY26 Budget & Goals Contract Amount (ongoing funding) $127,434 $127,434 $127,434 Total Clients Served 42 51 51 9 Family Eldercare, Inc. Permanent Supportive Housing  Provides PSH units in scattered site locations in Austin  Case management and connection to wraparound supports in partnership with Community Court Contract Amount (ongoing funding) $1,050,000 $1,035,264 $1,050,000 FY 25 Budget & Goals FY 25 Actual FY26 Budget & Goals Total Clients Served 56 48 % of clients that maintain housing after 6 months 90.38% 94.23% 46 90% 10 Foundation Communities, Inc. Permanent Supportive Housing  Provides PSH units and financial assistance to maintain housing  Case management and connection to wraparound supports in partnership with Community Court Contract Amount ongoing funding $433,000 $433,000 $433,000 FY 25 Budget & Goals FY 25 Actual FY26 Budget & Goals Total Clients Served % of clients that maintain housing after 6 months 20 95% 19 95% 20 95% 11 Integral Care Expanded Mobile Crisis Outreach Team (EMCOT)  Mental health first response for de-escalation, diversion from jails and emergency rooms, and providing connection to appropriate community-based care Contract Amount (ongoing funding) $4,725,569 $3,083,309 $5,265,229 Total Clients Served 2080 2906 FY 25 Budget & Goals FY 25 Actual FY26 Budget & Goals # Diverted to case management, living skills training, psychosocial rehabilitation services, and medication management; and crisis services such as crisis respite, crisis residential, or psychiatric hospital admission. 1170 1131 Under negotiation 12 Integral Care Homeless Health and Wellness Center  Intensive case management to clients referred by Community Court and the Homeless Outreach Street Team, many of whom have the highest levels of mental health acuity  Awaiting final payment (12/2025) to know remaining amount for FY26 FY 25 Budget & Goals FY 25 Actual FY26 Budget & Goals Contract Amount (one-time funding) $731,904 $438,387 Total Clients Served # of individuals successfully connected to a prescriber for physical and/or mental health needs 100 16 Pending 73 49 13 Integral Care Managed Services Organization  Spectrum of substance use and mental health services, including inpatient and outpatient  Onsite prescriber services at Community Court FY 25 Budget & Goals FY 25 Actual FY26 Budget & Goals Contract Amount (ongoing funding) $672,000 $391,755 $550,000 Total Clients Served 74 76 % of Clients Successfully Completed Program 48.84% 61.54% Under negotiation 14 Integral Care Road to Recovery  Integrated mental health and substance use disorder inpatient treatment  Case management  90 days outpatient treatment and employment assistance following inpatient care FY 25 Budget & Goals FY 25 Actual FY26 Budget & Goals Contract Amount (ongoing funding) $805,095 $805,095 $550,000 Total Clients Served 72 34 % of Clients Successfully Completed Program 66.67% 58.33% Under negotiation 15 The Other Ones Foundation (TOOF) Bridge Housing  Non-congregate bridge housing units FY 25 Budget & Goals FY 25 Actual FY26 Budget & Goals Contract Amount (ongoing funding) $227,193 $227,193 $250,000 Total Clients Served 27 32 26 % of Clients who successfully exit the program into stable housing 84.62% 70% 84.62% 16 Austin Community Foundation & TOOF Austin/Travis County Re-entry Roundtable  Fiscal sponsor agreement structure  FY 25 agreement under Austin Community Foundation  FY 26 agreement under TOOF  These deliverables aid communitywide planning efforts for reentry services:  Create a community that values and supports equity, well-being and upward mobility for persons impacted by the criminal justice system  Develop a robust network that champions safe and healthy communities through effective reentry and reintegration of persons with justice system involvement  Connect reentry partners to increase collaboration, reduce duplication, align efforts and strengthen the capacity of persons with justice system involvement and the reentry programs that serve them 17 Impacts of Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Process o Nearly 17% reduction to direct o Social service contract for bridge services for Community Court clients housing terminated  Direction for 10% reductions  Sobering Center added to Community Court this fiscal year  Factored into total amount of cuts  Direction that this agreement could not be reduced  Collaborating with Homeless Strategies and Operations to access service through their contract with The Other Ones Foundation  Additional reductions anticipated in Fiscal Year 2027 18 Potential FY27 Budget Timeline BOARDS & COMMISSIONS BUDGET PRIORITY SURVEY COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS MARCH Board & Commission recommendations due Department Financial Forecast due March 8 POLICY INPUT MAY Financial Forecast Presentation to Council Department Budget & CYEs due May 3 JULY Proposed Budget Presentation to Council JULY Community Input and Work Session AUGUST Budget Public Hearing, Set Max Tax Rate, and Work Session JULY/AUGUST Work Session AUGUST Budget Readings and Tax Rate Hearings OCTOBER First day of the Fiscal Year FORECASTING & BUDGET DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL DELIBERATION & ADOPTION NEW FISCAL YEAR 19 QUESTIONS Austin Community Court