Stevens questions DYCD on staffing structure and burnout for program directors
Stevens raises provider concerns about needing three leadership positions to prevent burnout, with most sites unable to afford it. Asherall confirms staffing structure and funding needs will be part of the upcoming assessment, acknowledging directors function as 'mini EDs.'
So my next question on providers and both cornerstones of the...
Beacons report that they need three, at least three leadership positions to staff to balance out the need to have management positions on site at all times to prevent burnout.
However, most sites are not able to support three leadership positions due to budget constraints and meaning that program directors are often stretched thin, working excessive hours.
Have DYCD evaluated the staffing structures in regards to the responsibilities and hours of these programs?
Will DYCD consider increasing program budgets to address this issue and receive adequate staff, program staff?
That is going to be part of the assessment that we're hoping to gather.
And that will help determine the actual funding need and staffing needs to sustain.
To what I said earlier about community centers don't just do after school.
Oh, I know that.
I know what I'm saying.
Do all the things.
Exactly.
People think they just do that.
I always say that our beacons and our cornerstone directors are mini EDs.
I often say that.
They're mini EDs.
We are literally running around.
Not only are they EDs, they're also the janitor, the cook.
Right, right.
All the things, the repairman, all the things, the plumber.
And so when we start doing our assessment and our focus group conversations and our surveys, those are the kind of things that we are going to be looking for and asking for.