Progress Reports – Office of Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities

1. Spending Reduction Target
   • OMRDD’s current-year savings target is $32.4 million, reflecting the Governor’s order for a 10.35 percent reduction in projected agency spending.
   • OMRDD is currently expected to achieve its entire $32.4 million spending reduction target.
2. Major Savings Initiatives
   • OMRDD has already implemented the following actions to achieve its savings target, including:
   • Aggressive controls to limit hiring for all non-direct care staff. Hiring will be permitted only if it would avoid negative impacts to health and safety, or revenue generation ($13.2M, 100 fewer jobs).
   • Aggressive controls to reduce overtime spending ($3.5M).
   • Reduce Non-Personal Service spending from a variety of efforts to limit the scope of planned renovations, reduce equipment and non-essential consumer furniture purchases, reduce travel, attendance at conferences, seminars and retreats, and establish a Central Office workgroup to identify “shedding” programs, regulations, policies, and transactions to yield efficiency improvements and possible future savings opportunities ($8.3M).
   • Reduce capital spending at State-operated facilities by eliminating or deferring projects that are not critical to consumer health and safety ($7.4M).