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Idaho Health and Welfare director outlines reorganization to align budget and operations
Summary
Director Alex Adams and Legislative Services analysts described a reorganization at the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare that shifts program alignments, creates new executive roles and moves some programs under Medicaid for administrative alignment; the changes are proposed to be reflected in the governor’s program maintenance budget.
Alex Williamson, a budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, and Alex Adams, director of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, presented the department’s organizational changes and explained why the budget request seeks to align appropriations with how the agency is actually operating.
The department’s request breaks out family and community services (FACS) as a separate division while placing remaining Medicaid and behavioral health work under an elevated Medicaid deputy director. Support Services and Licensing would be renamed the Division of Operations, and Public Health and Self Reliance would be grouped as Health and Human Services. The department also proposes to rename and refocus several programs: child welfare to Youth Safety and Permanency, service integration to Family and Community Partnerships, and developmental disability…
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