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County approves Department of Human Services financials and child‑welfare core plan
Summary
The Board approved the Department of Human Services (DHS) April–June financials and the 2025–26 child welfare year‑2 core plan, which sets how the county will use non‑Medicaid ‘core’ funds for services such as family engagement, supervised visitation and multisystemic therapy.
San Miguel County commissioners on Wednesday approved Department of Human Services (DHS) financial reports for the spring closeout period and adopted the county’s child welfare year‑2 core plan for 2025‑26.
DHS director Linnea Edwards presented April–June financials and said state closeout work was ongoing; she reported allocations for the coming fiscal year were largely unchanged, with some increases to HCBS administrative funding. Edwards described the county’s child welfare core plan as a tool to use non‑Medicaid (core) funds as a payer of last resort for services not covered by Medicaid. The county’s plan includes spending for family engagement facilitation, supervised family visitation and multisystemic therapy (MST) for high‑need families.
Edwards also explained core funding structures: certain services are shown as 80/20 (state/county share) while others are eligible to be paid 100% from core funds. The board voted to approve both the financial reports and the DHS child welfare core plan. The motions passed unanimously.
Why it matters: The approvals finalize county accounting for the fiscal year closeout period and confirm the county’s approach to using core child welfare funds for prevention and intensive family services.
Ending: DHS staff said they will return if the state requests any adjustments following statewide closeout reviews.
