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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 064-2024, authorizing the addition of a 1.0 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Deputy Director, 1.0 FTE Limited Term (LT) Social Worker I/II, and 1.0 FTE Office Assistant I/II allocation in HHSA, to serve the Housing and Homeless Prevention programs.
FUNDING: 100% State and Federal Funding.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
HHSA is requesting the addition of 3.0 FTE positions (one of which is LT) to support the increased workload resulting from the implementation and expansion of Housing and Homeless Prevention programs. Additionally, working directly with the Human Resources Department, HHSA has developed the attached County Counsel-approved Personnel Allocation Resolution. The requested allocations along with the justification for the additional personnel are defined below:
1.0 FTE Deputy Director
The 1.0 FTE Deputy Director position will oversee housing and homeless prevention programs and grants for HHSA’s Community Services, Social Services, and Behavioral Health Divisions. Currently, oversight of these programs is scattered among various program leads and there is a need for a single executive level position to ensure that the community is being served in the most effective manner, that funding is properly braided and leveraged, and that supportive services are being accessed across all divisional programs. The majority of these programs are relatively new, and the current leadership structure does not have bandwidth to take on the additional responsibilities required for successful program administration.
Required cross department and division collaboration to develop and implement an effective response to homelessness is new to HHSA. This will effectively create a new organizational division specifically for housing and homelessness programs that are currently spread among multiple divisions. Behavioral Health Division (BHD) grants, such as Bri...
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