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New DSHS leadership outlines priorities: food supports, tech modernization, DDA community capacity
Summary
Incoming DSHS Secretary Cheryl Strange told the Senate Human Services Committee the agency will prioritize preserving core safety-net benefits, continuing technology modernization to improve access, and expanding community capacity for people with developmental disabilities.
Cheryl Strange, incoming secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), and DSHS leaders gave a high-level overview of the agency’s Economic Services Administration and Developmental Disabilities Administration at the committee hearing.
Strange said DSHS revised its mission after broad stakeholder engagement and now describes the department’s role as partnering “with people to access support, care, and resources.” She outlined enterprise priorities including protecting access to SNAP, TANF, cash and medical assistance for roughly 1.8 million Washingtonians who rely on safety-net services, continuing technology modernization to meet federal rules, and…
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