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HCJFS director reports rising foster‑care caseloads and staff change; county staff to follow up
Summary
Hancock County Job & Family Services reported increased foster‑care placements and large purchased‑care cost projections; Director Randall L. Galbraith also said his fiscal officer resigned and requested executive session on employee discipline.
At the 11:30 a.m. meeting segment, HCJFS Director Randall L. Galbraith updated commissioners on department finances and caseload trends. Galbraith reported that year‑to‑date foster‑care placement charges totaled $693,095.23 and that as of March 31 the agency recorded 92 foster care placements and 112 children in county custody (the department's report lists placements and age breakdowns through March 2026).
Galbraith told the board his fiscal officer, identified in the packet as "Chrisy," has resigned and he outlined interim staffing plans while the department recruits a permanent replacement. He said SNAP projections were not ready for the meeting but were expected next month. The HCJFS report included a purchased‑care projection (total purchased care projected at about $4.75 million) and an overall foster care and Kinnect to Family expense projection near $4.99 million, with a reported net deficit projection of $1,208,872.57 in the document provided to the commissioners.
Galbraith requested executive session to discuss employee discipline; commissioners also approved entering and exiting an executive session later in the meeting, with no formal action taken on personnel matters recorded in the minutes.
