Chair Hudson questions DHS on staff-to-resident ratios
Hudson asks current staff-to-resident ratios. Fellini provides model budget staffing for 200-bed shelters: 43 for single adults, 46 with behavioral health, 51 at assessment, 60 for adult families, and 37 for families with children.
We understand that there are often many staff vacancies at shelters and turnover rates are high.
What is the current staff to resident ratio in shelter?
Sure.
Based on the model budgets that I mentioned before, where each shelter type has their own model budget, we adjusted to a certain capacity level, 200, so I can read off by program type
what we would expect for a shelter with a capacity of 200.
That would be great.
For single adults, 43 staff.
For single adults with behavioral health services, 46 staff.
For single adult employment, 43 staff.
At our single adult assessment sites, 51 staff.
For our adult family shelters, 60 staff.
And for our family with children shelters, 37 staff.
Okay.
Thank you so much for that.
And if I could clarify, that's just PS lines.
There are some contracted staff that would not be accounted for in these lines.
Okay, but I would presume then that that would make an even better ratio.
It would.
Okay, what is the ideal staff-to-resident ratio?
Is it what you listed?
I think it depends on the program, and it depends on the needs of the clients, and it's something we're continually assessing.
So these numbers change?
The numbers change.
And again, the model budget is the model.
There are times where when the provider demonstrates a need for increased staff, we can go to OMB and request an increase.
And the numbers you gave me are based on the model budget?
Yes.
Okay.
Thank you.