HHS reorganizes child and youth supervision, promotes leads and hires truancy worker

Julia reported organizational changes in child‑protective services and youth justice after a supervisory resignation. The department consolidated supervision to provide a single umbrella for CPS and youth‑justice work, named two internal lead workers and hired a new truancy/diversion staffer.

"Season had capacity to be able to add more hours. And so she has agreed to have the YJ world under her," Julia said, describing the decision to centralize supervision. Julia said the intake worker, Tysa Marlowe, will become lead in the CPS area, and Melinda Hoyos, previously handling truancy and diversion, will become lead in the YJ area.

Julia also announced the hire of Mike Nugent as a truancy and diversion worker; he will start in mid‑September and comes with existing rapport from prior contracted work through Journeys, a day‑treatment center that closed. The committee was told that the staffing changes were intended to reduce out‑of‑home placements and better coordinate services for families and youth.

Staff will bring a fuller report in October showing structure, out‑of‑home placement counts and challenges the department faces in CPS/YJ work, including ages and duration in placement, to inform future budgeting and program decisions.