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Human Services Center Under Review

Human Services Center Under Review

Laurie Gill Photo: WNAX


A strategic review of the operations of the Human Services Center in Yankton is underway with the help of an outside consulting group.

Department of Social Services Secretary Laurie Gill says all of health care is dealing with rapid changes…

Gill says a group from the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education is helping with the study….

Gill says they hope to have a report later this fall….

Gill says they are not planning on eliminating any services or jobs at HSC. The center now has over one hundred open positions and four units have been closed due to a lack of staffing.

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