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County creates Department of Human Services; community services funding moves out of Recreation and Parks
Summary
County commissioners created a Department of Human Services effective July 1, moving Community Services programs and related funding out of the Recreation and Parks Department; staff said the move will shift about $427,000 in general fund dollars and roughly $220,000 in grant funding.
St. Mary’s County commissioners have created a new Department of Human Services that will take community services programs — and their associated budgets — out of the Recreation and Parks Department, staff told the Recreation and Parks Board at its April 3 meeting.
The change will take effect July 1, staff said, and a transition team is already working on the organizational move. Phil (staff) briefed the board that the reorganization transfers about $427,000 in county…
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