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Loudoun seeks multi‑year staffing for Family Services to expand domestic‑violence response and adult services
Summary
The Department of Family Services requested multiple new positions to reduce caseloads, expand customer service, create an adult and aging intake capacity, and launch a Domestic and Sexual Violence Services unit with a coordinated community response backed by data collection.
Ina Fernandez, director of Loudoun County’s Department of Family Services (DFS), told supervisors March 6 that the department has been “rightsizing, stabilizing, reorganizing and professionalizing,” and laid out FY 2026 staffing requests intended to reduce caseloads and expand services.
Fernandez said DFS has filled most FY25 positions and continues recruitment; the department’s FY26 priorities include: additional staff for public benefits and customer service to address a 52% increase in resident interactions over four years; a senior intake specialist and adult protective services ongoing specialist to handle a 72% rise in adult/aging intake…
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