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DAS director warns HHS reorganization could disrupt Older Americans Act funding; Medicaid cuts would risk local services
Summary
DAS Executive Director Kelly Dearman told commissioners that a federal HHS reorganization and possible reductions to Medicaid and Administration for Community Living programs create uncertainty for services funded by the Older Americans Act and for locally administered programs serving thousands of older adults and people with disabilities.
Kelly Dearman, executive director of the San Francisco Department of Disability and Aging Services, told the DAS commission on April 2 that a proposed U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reorganization has created uncertainty about federal programs that support older adults and people with disabilities.
Dearman described HHS plans to reduce staffing from about 82,000 full-time employees to roughly 62,000, consolidate divisions and reduce the number of regional offices from 10 to five. She said the Administration for Community Living's (ACL) critical programs would be redistributed across multiple offices and that it is not yet…
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