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Social Services reports staffing pressures, steady benefits outlays and disaster‑fund spending
Summary
The Department of Social Services reported vacancies and recent resignations, regular disbursement of food and energy benefits and initial expenditure of county disaster funds; commissioners accepted the monthly operational report by motion.
Corey Fisher Wellman, director of Burke County Department of Social Services, told commissioners the agency is continuing to meet required performance metrics while managing staffing turnover and distributing disaster relief funds after the recent storm.
Wellman said the agency had added FTEs after Medicaid expansion in December 2023 but still showed 29 open positions when the report was prepared; 7–12 of those positions were in the hiring pipeline. He said the net vacancy rate, once conditional offers and start dates are accounted for, was closer to 10 percent…
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