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Shasta County OKs temporary $7M loan increase for Social Services; board asks for plan to cut $1M/month
Summary
Supervisors approved increasing a temporary general‑fund loan to the Social Services Fund from $5 million to $7 million while staff await state reimbursements and realignment corrections. The board asked HHSA to return by Oct. 31 with a preliminary plan to reduce recurring costs roughly $1 million per month.
The Shasta County Board of Supervisors voted 4–0 on Sept. 9 to increase the Social Services Fund’s allowable negative cash balance from $5 million to $7 million while the department awaits incoming state reimbursements and realignment corrections.
Erin Watts, HHSA branch director for administration, told the board the agency has experienced timing and revenue issues: steady caseload growth, a state reconciliation that required shifting roughly $2.1 million from…
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