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DAS warns of $8.2 million discretionary cut, IHSS cost pressures in FY25–27 budget outlook
Summary
San Francisco Department of Disability and Aging Services leaders told commissioners that rising caseloads, labor agreements and city deficit forecasts will squeeze the department’s budget, including a mayoral directive to propose 15% reductions to discretionary general fund support (HSA-wide $8.2 million). IHSS remains the largest cost driver.
The San Francisco Department of Disability and Aging Services told its commission on Jan. 8 that a projected city deficit and rising program costs will put pressure on services and staffing across the department.
DAS Executive Director Kelly Dearman and HSA Deputy Director for Administration Dan Kaplan presented the department’s baseline figures, noting that DAS’s current budget is about $510,000,000 and that "IHSS represents about 75% of the DAS budget," Kaplan said. They warned that a mayoral budget directive requires departments to propose a 15% reduction to discretionary general-fund spending; HSA’s share of that target is $8,200,000.
The presentation laid out why DAS faces pressure. IHSS (In‑Home Supportive Services) accounts for most aid payments and independent‑provider wage support; Kaplan said the local share carried in DAS is roughly one‑third of the total IHSS spending delivered in San Francisco and that the overall IHSS program serving the city is near $1 billion…
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