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County staff oppose proposed shift of foster‑home licensing to state office
Summary
Local supervisors and county staff said a state plan to centralize foster-home licensing under the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS) risks losing local relationships, may not produce the claimed savings, and would reduce local control over technical assistance.
Paul Partridge, who supervises the county’s Community Developmental Disability Program (CDDP), told the Board of Commissioners that a budget proposal in the governor’s revised package would shift foster‑home licensing duties from county programs to the state Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS).
Partridge said the proposal would move roughly 38 county full‑time equivalent positions into fewer state positions (about 20), and that the state projected roughly $2,000,000 in savings. “We worry that…
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