One of Michigan's largest state agencies is issuing layoff notices to about 100 workers this week due to a $7.5 million budget cut.The struggles of the Welfare State.
Department of Human Services spokesman Bob Wheaton said Wednesday that many affected employees work in two offices in Detroit and the Grand Rapids area that are closing. The workers process applications for public assistance when people first apply and forward them along.
The functions will be handled more in county field offices.
Wheaton said the 11,000-employee agency is trying to keep cuts away from field offices with a direct role in caseloads. He also said there will not be cuts in jobs that directly provide child welfare services related to a judge's oversight of Michigan's child welfare system.
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Michigan Department of Human Services issuing layoffs notices to 100 employees this week
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