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DHHS reports restored staffing allocations and pressure from rising institutional childcare costs
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Jackson County Department of Health and Human Services said state staffing allocations have arrived, allowing vacant positions to be filled; the department flagged above-budget spending in institutional childcare and independent living placements and reported an increase in food-assistance applications.
Jackson County Department of Health and Human Services Director Jackie Carafino told commissioners the department has received its state staffing allocations for the fiscal year and has begun filling long-vacant positions after a months-long delay.
Carafino said the department’s fiscal year runs Oct. 1–Sept. 30 and that an altered state allocation process delayed hiring until “just a couple weeks ago.” The new allocations will allow DHHS to restart hiring for children’s services and assistance payments staff, Carafino…
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