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Board approves new full-time social worker for children’s long-term support program funded by Medicaid revenue
Summary
The county board approved Resolution 28-25 to create a full-time social worker in the Department of Human Services' Children's Long Term Support program, contingent on Medicaid funding; supervisors debated language about what happens if funding disappears.
Chippewa County supervisors voted to create one full-time social worker position in the Department of Human Services’ Children’s Long Term Support (CLTS) program for 2026, approving Resolution 28-25 while retaining conditional language that the position may be eliminated if state and federal support is not available.
The resolution, forwarded to the county board by the executive committee and approved Aug. 12, says the position would be effective Jan. 1, 2026, and “shall be funded by Medicaid revenue generated by this position.” The resolution also states that if the necessary state or…
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