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Committee approves five state‑funded positions for Aging and Disability Resource Center
Summary
Milwaukee County’s Committee on Personnel voted 4-0 to recommend creating five additional positions at the Aging and Disability Resource Center, a request the department said is fully funded by state General Purpose Revenue and intended to reduce long call wait times and handle more complex cases.
Milwaukee County’s Committee on Personnel voted 4-0 to recommend that the county board approve creation of five additional positions for the Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC), the county agency that helps older adults and adults with disabilities access long‑term care and related services.
Rebecca Schmidt, director of the ADRC, told the committee that the request is driven by a sharp increase in demand: the ADRC received more than 68,000 calls last year, about 10,000 more than the year before, and the program is running behind on options-counseling referrals. "We saw over 68,000 calls last year to the ADRC," Schmidt said. She described two new advanced options‑counselor…
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