To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Administration
Agenda Section: Consent
Vote Requirement: Majority
SUBJECT:
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Request to Add Fourteen Classifications to the Hiring Freeze Exemption List for the Department of Health & Human Services
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the addition of the positions of Program Coordinator (class 1425, salary range 451), Vocational Assistant/Trainee (class 0742/0742T, salary range 348/338), Eligibility Specialist III (class 1731C, salary range 424), Eligibility Supervisor (class 1729, salary range 454), Community Health Outreach Worker I/II (class 0511A/B, salary range 366/394), Employment & Training Program Coordinator (class 0765, salary range 459), Supervising Behavioral Health Clinician (class 0916, salary range 514), Social Worker I/II/III (class 0727A/0727B/0727C, salary range 414/434/454), and Office Assistant I/II (class 0179A/0179B, salary range 338/348) to the list of approved exemptions to the hiring freeze instituted on June 4, 2024.
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STRATEGIC PLAN:
This action supports the following areas of your Board's Strategic Plan.
Area of Focus: Core Services/Other
Strategic Plan Category: 9999 - Core Services/Other
DISCUSSION:
On June 4, 2024, your Board approved a hiring freeze for positions allocated under a fund with a negative fund balance, including Social Services 1160 and Behavioral Health 1170. On June 25, 2024, as part of adopting the budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25, your Board approved certain classifications, primarily frontline direct service classifications, to be exempt from the freeze due to criticality of services. Since June 25, 2024, the Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) has identified 15 additional positions that warrant placement on the requested exemption list.
Program Coordinator and Community Health Outreach Worker I/II are positions utilized in the Housing, Outreach and Mobile Engagement (HOME) Program. Servic...
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