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Human Services seeks staffing and program funding amid caseload growth; committee holds fraud‑investigation hires pending task‑force report
Summary
HSA requested $2.82M in supplemental appropriations for rising food‑stamp and IHSS caseloads and older‑youth adoptions and asked for 43 new positions. The committee approved most positions but placed IHSS investigation posts in reserve pending a report from the IHSS task force and HSA.
The Human Services Agency asked the Budget and Finance Committee to approve supplemental appropriations to cover caseload increases and program needs and to authorize 43 new positions to handle increased food stamps applications, IHSS provider enrollment, and an anti‑fraud initiative.
HSA's presentation: Director Trent Rohrer and Anne Hinton outlined drivers for the request: food stamps applications have risen roughly 18% in the last year with a projected 21% increase next year; IHSS caseload grew about 5.6% and is expected to continue rising; the…
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