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Burke County DSS reports steady Medicaid rolls, rising foster-care entries and early issues after Healthy Blue rollout
Summary
Burke County Department of Social Services told commissioners it has 13 job openings (about a 7.5% vacancy rate), serves roughly 28,000 Medicaid recipients, and reported 190 children in foster care with 125 entries and 102 exits for the fiscal year to date; staff said the new statewide foster-care contractor, Healthy Blue, has experienced early 'growing pains.'
At a January meeting of the Burke County Board of Commissioners, a Department of Social Services representative summarized staffing, caseload and program changes, and answered commissioners’ questions about an early transition to a new foster-care Medicaid contractor.
Corey, speaking for DSS, said the department had 13 current openings — "about a 7 and a half percent vacancy rate" — and that three candidates had interviews scheduled that could reduce the vacancy rate to roughly 5 percent. He said…
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