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Stevens County Human Services reports rising intakes, warns of staffing and levy pressure from new state disproportionality law
Summary
Human Services presented its 2024 annual review showing 796 intakes, rising children's mental‑health work and 48 placements. Staff warned the African American Welfare and Disproportionality Act could raise child‑protection workload 30–40 percent, prompting calls for more social workers and potential levy impacts.
Human Services Director presented the department's 2024 review and told the Stevens County Board that the agency recorded 796 intakes in 2024 — about two per day — with 454 involving children and 342 adults. The department said it opened 611 work groups last year, had 48 placements and saw children's mental‑health cases rise to 104 from earlier years.
"In 2024, our intakes were 796," the director said. "So we're averaging almost little over 2 a day...of that, 796 children, there were 454 and adults, there were 342 intakes." The director described intake sources as phone, email, fax and walk‑ins and explained each intake is screened and documented in SSIS.
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