Pictured: Phyliss Jeffries, Byesville Rotary President-elect, Stephanie Neuhart, MRDD.
Reminders:
- Bring meat to next meeting.
Readings for April 7—April Rotarian, “Presidents Message,” p. 1 and “E-mail: Boon or Bane?” p. 27-28.
Stephanie Neuhart was guest speaker at the weekly meeting of the Byesville Rotary. She presented MRDD’s plan for meeting their budget challenges in the coming year.
She explained that MRDD revenues come from three sources-- local monies (tax levies), state and federal monies. Less than half of the monies (48% ) needed to provide services come from state and federal sources. The rest comes from local monies (39%) and 13% comes from various such as grants. Local support is a significant part of the MRDD budget.
The current economic crisis in the state and national poses long-term challenges for MRDD. The MRDD had chosen to be proactive in facing these challenges and work to insure that local monies are used as effectively and efficiently as possible in the coming year. They are enrolling more of their clients on Medicaid waivers. This action saves MRDD 60% of the cost of Medicaid services. Staff at MRDD is actively identifying federal, state and local grants with the goal of defraying maintenance and/or repair costs.
In other business—plans for the Breakfast with the Bunny fundraiser which will be held on April 11, 8-11:00am at the Stop Nine Senior Activity Center in Byesville were finalized. Registrations for the Health Fair Screening on April 24 are going well. Club members were asked to sign up to work on the chicken BBQ scheduled for April 25 in Byesville. Monies from these fundraisers will be used to support local service projects.
The club’s next meeting will be April 7, at the Rolling Hills Schools Administration Building. Anyone interested in learning more about the Byesville Rotary can call Membership Chairs Marty Patchen, 740-685-3828, or Larry Miller, 740-439-2767.
She explained that MRDD revenues come from three sources-- local monies (tax levies), state and federal monies. Less than half of the monies (48% ) needed to provide services come from state and federal sources. The rest comes from local monies (39%) and 13% comes from various such as grants. Local support is a significant part of the MRDD budget.
The current economic crisis in the state and national poses long-term challenges for MRDD. The MRDD had chosen to be proactive in facing these challenges and work to insure that local monies are used as effectively and efficiently as possible in the coming year. They are enrolling more of their clients on Medicaid waivers. This action saves MRDD 60% of the cost of Medicaid services. Staff at MRDD is actively identifying federal, state and local grants with the goal of defraying maintenance and/or repair costs.
In other business—plans for the Breakfast with the Bunny fundraiser which will be held on April 11, 8-11:00am at the Stop Nine Senior Activity Center in Byesville were finalized. Registrations for the Health Fair Screening on April 24 are going well. Club members were asked to sign up to work on the chicken BBQ scheduled for April 25 in Byesville. Monies from these fundraisers will be used to support local service projects.
The club’s next meeting will be April 7, at the Rolling Hills Schools Administration Building. Anyone interested in learning more about the Byesville Rotary can call Membership Chairs Marty Patchen, 740-685-3828, or Larry Miller, 740-439-2767.
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