2001-2003 Staff Redeployment Report

Requires the department to use some of the funds provided in several local offices to increase staff that support case-carrying social workers in ways that will allow social workers to increase direct contact time with children, families and foster parents.

Requires the department, to achieve the goal of reaching an average caseload ratio of 1:24 by the end of fiscal year 2003, to develop a plan for redeploying 30 FTEs to case-carrying social worker and support positions from other areas in the children and family services budget.

Requires the department to submit the FTE redeployment plan to the fiscal committees of the legislature by December 1, 2001