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Barnstable County Human Services presents level-funded FY26 budget, updates on regional housing pilot and aging programs
Summary
Barnstable County Human Services presented a level-services FY26 budget with no new positions while reporting higher fixed salary/fringe costs, legal monitoring expenses for the HOME program and rising training costs tied to an expanded SHINE counselor cohort.
Barnstable County Human Services presented a level-services budget to the Barnstable County Board of Regional Commissioners on Jan. 22, 2025, asking for no new positions or programs while flagging higher fixed costs tied to salaries, benefits and legal monitoring for federal housing funds.
Human Services Director Joe Pacheco told commissioners the department’s proposed increase “comes from the fixed cost, salary and wages, fringe benefits.” He said training and contractor costs rose because the county increased the number of SHINE counselors in the region; the department graduated 24 counselors in its largest class and now has about 90 counselors, which raises associated contractor costs proportional to the cohort increase.
Pacheco said an increase in legal costs—about…
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