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DCS commissioner cites lower turnover, more assessment beds and foster-care modernization in budget briefing
Summary
Department of Children's Services Commissioner Margie Quinn told the committee DCS has reduced case manager turnover, opened clinical assessment beds, and seeks budget items that include raising foster-care age to 23 and rate increases tied to the Brian A. settlement.
Department of Children's Services Commissioner Margie Quinn told the Finance, Ways and Means Committee the agency has reduced case-manager turnover, opened more clinical assessment beds, and included several family- and child-focused items in its budget request.
Quinn said DCS—s all-case-manager turnover rate for the first seven months of the fiscal year is 11.9%, down from 16.9% for the…
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