SOLA pays a portion of mandated travel. There have been changes in the program. An example, Site 4 with staff on duty 24 hrs per day. We feel the base need to be reconfigured. What would change, is not the base but changes to base.
Vacant positions are part of the current spending rate.
Vacancies are funded within the structure. These costs are all built into base and are figured based on historical data. The budget is figured on FTE's but we are fine as long as we come in within the money. We were given more dollars per person than last year. We were given funding for set up and then they gave it as ongoing.