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DHHS officials say sudden $80 million federal cut forced community contract terminations, shifted staff and slowed IT projects
Summary
Associate Commissioner Patricia Tilly and CFO Nathan White told the committee an $80 million federal funding termination hit behavioral health and public health contracts, affected about 20 DHHS positions and led community agencies to reduce personnel; some IT projects were paused and the department used other federal sources where possible.
Department officials told the Health and Human Services Oversight Committee on May 16 that an abrupt loss of roughly $80 million in federal funding forced immediate changes to contracts and staffing in community health programs and slowed internal IT work.
Patricia Tilly, associate commissioner at DHHS, said the funding cuts primarily affected the Division of Behavioral Health Services and the Division of Public Health Services. Many contract‑funded community programs — regional public health networks,…
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