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Rockingham County approves pay-study changes and emergency DSS hires amid heavy caseloads
Summary
The Board approved Phase 2 of a countywide compensation study and authorized staff additions and overtime pay for Department of Social Services to address critical foster-care caseloads; full-year cost was estimated at about $1.2 million with a county share of roughly $162,000 when reimbursable state funds are counted.
The Rockingham County Board of Commissioners on Dec. 1 approved the second phase of a countywide compensation study and immediate staffing and retention steps for the county Department of Social Services (DSS), citing high caseloads and urgent operational strain.
Assistant County Manager Derek Southern and county staff presenter Olivia told the board the second phase covered about 170 job titles (roughly 300 filled positions) and combined a market study with a service-recognition component. "We studied about 170 titles or about 300 filled positions," Olivia said in presenting the review. The full fiscal-year cost of the Phase 2 changes was presented as roughly $1,200,000; staff said the FY26 partial-year cost would be about $604,000, with an estimated county share of $162,000 after a…
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