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Pine County plans to leave HHS front desk vacant, warns federal program funding could be interrupted
Summary
County Health & Human Services staff recommended keeping the Sandstone front desk position vacant and shifting work to higher‑level, back‑office roles while warning SNAP, WIC and Medicaid benefits could be disrupted if a federal shutdown continues.
Pine County Health and Human Services officials recommended the county leave the Sandstone front‑desk position vacant and reassign work to back‑office staff while investing in higher‑grade positions to handle increased program complexity.
The county’s Health and Human Services update, presented at the Pine County Board of Commissioners meeting, said leaving the front desk open would require locking the Sandstone office’s public entrance and using drop boxes and phone routing to the main Pine City office for routine paperwork. “We think that we can make this work,” the presenter said, explaining callers and drop‑box procedures would substitute for an on‑site receptionist.
The department is proposing to use savings from the vacated…
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