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Humboldt County Health and Human Services outlines $24.4M reduction in 2025–26 budget, warns of service impacts
Summary
Health and Human Services Director Connie Beck and finance deputy Travis Green presented a proposed $293 million DHHS budget for FY25–26 and described a $24.4 million reduction from FY24–25, staff reductions, program consolidations and concern about federal/state funding changes that could shift costs to the county.
Connie Beck, director of Humboldt County Health and Human Services (DHHS), told the Board of Supervisors the department’s FY25–26 budget is approximately $293 million and includes a proposed $24.4 million reduction from the prior year.
Beck said the department has implemented organizational and operational strategies to reduce costs while attempting to preserve direct services. Those steps include reducing allocated positions, consolidating administrative units, closing lower‑traffic offices, and shifting some program costs to other funding streams or contractors.
What was presented: Beck and Travis Green, deputy director of finance, summarized program‑level changes: - Staffing and positions: DHHS has reduced allocated positions over the past few years; proposed reductions for FY25–26 total roughly 77.9 positions across branches. The department said it has prioritized filling direct‑service…
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