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DCYF outlines staffing and program‑support tradeoffs as House and Senate propose different reductions
Summary
DCYF said the House and Senate budgets take different approaches to administrative and staffing reductions: the Senate proposes furloughs and modest FTE cuts in program support; the House proposes steeper FTE reductions across child welfare, early learning and program support but no furloughs.
The Department of Children, Youth, and Families described competing House and Senate approaches to staffing and program‑support reductions, noting different effects on furloughs, FTE counts and collective bargaining obligations.
Renee Newkirk, the department’s chief financial officer, said both chambers fund the collective bargaining agreement that provides state employee cost‑of‑living increases (3 percent in fiscal year…
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