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Butte County Home for Children seeks $41,000 to raise relief staff pay, requests $3,000 for house manager stipends
Summary
The county-run group home reported rising Department of Child Services (DCS) per‑diem revenue and asked councilors to move supply and vehicle costs into a nonreverting fund while increasing pay for relief staff and adding small stipends for house managers to open a second home.
Norm Lottombroke, executive director of the Butte County Home for Children, told the Vigo County budget committee on the record that the home is asking the county to increase part of its payroll budget so relief staff who fill shifts earn the same hourly pay as full‑time youth care specialists. "If you are a part time employee and you do part time work, then you should get a part time salary," Lottombroke said, later clarifying relief staff perform the same duties as full‑time staff but without benefits. He said the immediate cost to bring relief staff to full‑time wage rates would be about $41,000 for the coming year, and a separate $3,000 request would fund $1,500 stipends for two house manager positions to help run a second licensed home.
Lottombroke told councilors the home — currently operating one licensed facility and holding a license for a second (the…
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