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Social services asks board for 125 restorations to protect CalFresh and child welfare
Summary
Department of Social Services proposed $31M in balancing measures and requested restoration of 125 positions ($4.9M; CEO added $400K) to maintain CalFresh eligibility processing and child welfare emergency response; staff warned HR1 and realignment pressures will intensify workload and costs.
The Department of Social Services told the Board that deeply consequential reductions were included in the preliminary FY2627 budget and said targeted restorations are needed to avoid service failure in two mandated areas.
Director Daniel Nielson told supervisors the department’s operating budget is $224 million but it has faced a rapid staff decline: the proposed package would reduce net staffing by 197 FTE (from an adjusted current‑year level of roughly 801 to about 604). He said balancing measures total roughly $31 million across federal, state, and local funds, but only $1.5 million of that is local/general fund savings.
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