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Human Services asks for state-funded staff for children's long-term support; ARPA-funded positions slated to end in 2026
Summary
Human Services leaders told supervisors that continued growth in the Children's Long Term Support program requires more state-funded staff to avoid a wait list, and that several positions currently funded by ARPA will have their final federally funded year in 2026.
Human Services Department leadership told the Rock County Board on Tuesday that continued growth in the Children's Long Term Support (CLTS) program is driving a personnel request that the department says is fully state-funded and will not increase the county tax levy.
Kate Luster, speaking for Human Services (identified in the transcript as “Kate”), said the department has added roughly 200 clients in CLTS over the last year and is currently admitting children within compliance time frames. The department requested 10 additional positions tied to the CLTS program for 2026, and administrators said those positions are fully funded by the state and are intended…
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