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Community Services department touts reorganization and warns of funding pressures
Summary
Director Kathy Burgos told the committee the newly merged Community Services Department earned a five‑year reaccreditation, is prioritizing digitized case management and faces funding reductions and unfunded mandates that could create service gaps.
Kathy Burgos, director of the County’s new Community Services Department, briefed the committee on a recent reorganization that merged community action and juvenile services and on priorities to modernize service delivery.
Burgos said the department secured a five‑year reaccreditation and highlighted priorities including annual facility reviews, digitizing case management, and maximizing grant funding. She warned that evolving federal and state policies and reduced funding pose risks to programming and urged continued county investment in aging facilities and technology to streamline service delivery.
Commissioners thanked Burgos for the presentation and noted the lack of detailed numeric tables in the packet; Burgos said the department is focused on building a technology platform to improve application turnaround and cross‑departmental data sharing.
