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Council Member Holden discusses DVS budget and staffing needs
0:49:15
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Council Member Robert F. Holden expresses his view that the Department of Veterans Services (DVS) should be three times its current size due to limitations in reaching veterans, especially those without digital access. He asks about the ideal agency size and budget to meet most of DVS's goals.
- Holden suggests DVS should be triple its current size, up from his previous suggestion of doubling it.
- He notes that DVS can't do mailings to reach veterans who aren't online.
- Holden asks about an ideal budget, mentioning the current budget is just over $5 million.
Robert F. Holden
0:49:15
So it is, you know, again, I feel, I'm going to, this is my personal view, that the agency should be three times the size.
0:49:26
We talked, I used to say double the size, but three times the size.
0:49:30
Because we can't even do mailings.
0:49:32
I mean you can't do mailings at all to veterans if wanted to reach them with a lot of information.
0:49:40
I mean it's very difficult to do.
0:49:44
And especially for the veterans who don't have email, or are not online, and so forth, don't have the necessary capabilities.
0:49:54
So you are limited as opposed to most other agencies.
0:50:00
But what would you say would be an ideal size of the agency, considering you get a budget of just over $5,000,000 What would you say would be where you could probably do most of your, meet most of your goals if you had this budget?
0:50:19
This is hypothetical, I'm not gonna put you on the spot on it.