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ACS staffing overview and vacancy distribution
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Council Member Stevens inquires about ACS staffing levels and vacancies. Commissioner Dannhauser provides a comprehensive overview:
- Overall vacancy rate of about 9%
- Declining attrition rates: 17% in 2023, 14% in 2024
- Specific vacancy numbers for different departments:
- Family Court Legal Services: 38 vacancies
- Child Protective Services (CPS): 33 vacancies
- Division of Youth and Family Justice (DYFJ): 45 vacancies
- Children's Center: 3 vacancies, with approval to hire 30 additional specialists
The commissioner notes improvements in staffing levels, particularly in CPS and Youth Development Specialists (YDS), compared to previous years.
Althea V. Stevens
4:43:25
And the preliminary plan includes 7,028 budgeted positions for fiscal twenty twenty five decreasing to 7,027 position in fiscal twenty twenty six in the out and in the out years.
4:43:39
As of January 2025, '6 thousand '4 hundred and '17 positions were filled at ACS leaving six eleven vacancies.
4:43:46
What type of positions are vacant?
4:43:48
Which program areas are those positions in?
Jess Dannhauser
4:43:52
So we have about a 9% vacancy rate.
4:43:55
I want to just give you some overall numbers.
4:43:58
In 2023 our attrition rate was 17%, in '24 it was 14.
4:44:05
The attrition rate for CPS has declined its 20% this past year and the YDS attrition is around 34%.
4:44:13
We have increased, I mentioned earlier CPS about 200 additional active.
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We also have over 105 additional YDS active compared to two years ago.
4:44:24
So we've been shrinking the vacancies and shrinking where folks are on leave.
4:44:31
So for Family Court Legal Services we have about 38 vacancies.
4:44:35
We have that class that starts over the summer.
4:44:40
In CPS there are just around 33 vacancies out of the total.
4:44:47
DYFJ forty five.
4:44:49
And at the Children's Center there are three but we've worked with OMB to increase some support there so they're allowing us to hire an additional 30 child congregate care specialists at the Children's Center.