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New Health and Social Services Ombudsman outlines office role, staffing and recruitment request
Summary
Trevor Sparrow, appointed ombudsman for Idaho’s new Office of Health and Social Services Ombudsman, told the Joint Finance and Appropriation Committee on Jan. 15 that the office will accept complaints about foster care and other residential programs and is building staff to investigate and make recommendations.
Trevor Sparrow, the newly appointed ombudsman for the Office of Health and Social Services Ombudsman, introduced himself to the Joint Finance and Appropriation Committee on Jan. 15 and described the office's role and early staffing plans.
Sparrow said the office — established last session by Senate Bill 1380 and housed in the Department of Self-Governing Agencies — is charged with monitoring and evaluating compliance by public agencies and private entities in the provision of health and social services to children under state care, primarily Idaho's foster care system. "We will primarily focus on the foster care system but as the laws written we can…
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