To: Board of County Commissioners
Through: Cheryl Ternes, Director, Human Services Department
Prepared By:
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Bob Prevost, Deputy Director, Human Services Department
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Presenter: Cheryl Ternes, Director Human Services Department; Bob Prevost, Deputy Director Human Services Department
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Subject:
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2:00 PM *Recognition and Incentive Payments for Human Services Community Support Services and Operations staff
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Purpose and Request:
recommended action
The Department of Human Services (DHS) is providing information and seeking direction. The DHS received $1,093,505 in earned Medicaid Incentives for SFY 2023/2024. The DHS would like to recognize each Full Time Employee (FTE) in the Community and Child Support Services (CCSS) Division and in the Operations Division, the staff who work to ensure all documents are imaged into our HSConnects system, using Medicaid Incentive funds. The DHS is requesting approval of the BOCC to use a total of $259,949 for the CCSS Division and Operations Division employee's recognition.
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Background and Discussion: Beginning in 2015 for SFY 2014/15, the DHS received Medicaid Incentives dollars for meeting all of the Medicaid Program requirements. The Medicaid Incentives have been received every year since then and the BOCC has been informed and approved the transfer or use of each year's Medicaid Incentives. We would like to reward each employee involved with a $750 payment, grossed up. Staff in the CCSS Division and Operations Division have dealt with significant workload and/or caseload increases due to the pandemic and other societal impacts. These payments will help us to recognize the additional work and help us to retain the staff that we have. There are 297 FTE in the department that qualify for the recognition. The timeline, amount, transfer and various uses are depicted in Table 1 (attached). In 2024, DHS was informed we met the requirements for Medicaid Incentives for SFY 20...
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