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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 031-2023 amending the Authorized Personnel Allocation Resolution (099-2022) to:
1) Delete one (1.0) Full Time Equivalent (FTE) vacant Social Work Clinician A/B in the Health and Human Services Agency; and
2) Add one (1.0) FTE Administrative Analyst I/II allocation in the Health and Human Services Agency.
FUNDING: 28% Federal, 25% State and 47% Realignment.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
The Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA), Child Welfare Services (CWS) is currently in need of an Administrative Analyst I/II to support the implementation and oversight of various programs, including the Family First Prevention Services, Bringing Families Home, and various Homeless Grants. These programs provide significant reporting, staff oversight, data analysis, and implementation support, which has increased the workload of HHSA’s CWS division. Currently, there is only one Administrative Analyst responsible for handling these CWS duties, but the addition of new programs and requirements has made it necessary to hire another Administrative Analyst I/II to assist with the workload. This new position will be crucial in ensuring the smooth implementation and ongoing success of these programs.
Additionally, HHSA’s Social Work Clinician A/B classification is currently vacant. Previously, this position was used as an interface between CWS and Behavioral Health (BH) for children in foster care, screening and accessing referrals for BH services. However, since the vacancy of this position, the State’s implementation of the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) has expanded the requirements for foster children’s access to Behavioral Health services, resulting in this work being handled by Social Workers and Mental Health Clinicians. This has streamlined processes and made the Social Worker Clinician A/B position unnecessary in its previous...
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