To: Board of Supervisors
From: Family & Human Services Committee
Report Title: Report on staffing issues impacting the Employment and Human Services Department
☐Recommendation of the County Administrator ☒ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ACCEPT the report on staffing issues impacting the Employment and Human Services Department, as recommended by the Family and Human Services Committee.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact for this action.
BACKGROUND:
This referral to the Family and Human Services Committee (FHS) was originally made by the Board of Supervisors on April 25, 2000. Another referral to FHS, number 19, on Welfare Reform was referred on January 21, 1997. On January 1, 2005, the Board of Supervisors combined these two referrals so that the Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD) could provide updates on various aspects of their programs as the need arose. Since that time, the Family and Human Services Committee has received annual updates from EHSD on a variety of issues impacting the Department.
On January 5, 2016, the Board approved the staff recommendation to carry forward this referral to the 2016 FHS. On June 7, 2016, the Board approved the recommendation of the Employment and Human Services Director to eliminate the "Office of the Future" component of the referral and expand the referral to include a report on the Continuum of Care (Foster Care) topic.
On July 22, 2024, the Family and Human Services Committee received the attached report on staffing issues impacting EHSD and directed staff to forward it to the Board for their information. Comparison data on EHSD performance measures has been added to this report.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
This report will not be received.