I have been assigned to a committee to analyze combining
Public Health with Human Services. We are located in separate buildings
and there is no plan to combine us into one location, so if we combined the
director would oversee two locations. If your county combined and you
have any advice or words of wisdom to share regarding the positives and
negatives of combining, I would appreciate your help. Each committee
member is reaching out to their peers across the state to gather info and then
we will be combing everything into one document for the County Board to review
and make a decision.
Thank you,
Amie Gendron
Administrative Services
Supervisor
Wadena County Human Services
124 1st ST SE
Wadena, MN 56482
Telephone: 218-632-2535
Fax: 218-631-7616
Todd County Health & Human Services is located in one location and I think the combining of PH and SS was a positive move for Todd County. I was part of the original committee to determine what a HHS department would/could look like in Todd County. Of course at the time, there were many unknowns and change can be difficult. The planning and implementation process took approximately 1.5 years.
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