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Chief Administrative Office recommending the Board conceptually approve the creation of the Department of Community Services as a new County department to include Animal Services, Older Adult Services, and Community Programs, currently in the Health and Human Services Agency, and the Parks and Trails Division, currently in the Chief Administrative Office, and provide direction to incorporate placing Veterans Services in the new Department of Community Services or explore assigning Veterans Services to the Recorder-Clerk.
FUNDING: General Fund offset with fees for service and grant funding.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Community Services Division of the Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) has been a part of HHSA since the creation of the agency on November 1, 2011, with Legistar item 11-1024 version 2. On September 23, 2014, with Legistar item 14-0918, the structure of HHSA was formalized with the approval of Ordinance 5011 adding Chapter 2.17 to Title 2 of the El Dorado County Ordinance Code. Prior to the creation of HHSA, the Community Services Division programs were a part of the Human Services Department. HHSA currently has a budget of $195.4 million and 622.93 full time equivalent allocations.
Following the resignation of the Director of HHSA on April 19, 2022, the Chief Administrative Office and HHSA Executive Team held several meetings to discuss the structure of HHSA and its sustainability from a span of control standpoint. With the additional responsibility of serving as the Administrative Entity for the Continuum of Care (El Dorado Opportunity Knocks), as well as increasing State mandates and funding associated with Public Health, Behavioral Health and Social Services, the group discussed whether HHSA’s programs could be improved and/or leadership could maintain greater continuity if the Agency had a smaller span of control. The following represents a summary of the points discussed:
· There are likely programmatic and operational...
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