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LCJFS and CSEA to merge
under leadership of Ortiz-Flores
Toledo, Sept.
27, 2011: Lucas County Commissioners approved a resolution that
officially announces the intent to merge Lucas County Job and
Family Services (JFS) and Lucas County Child Support
Enforcement Agency (CSEA) into one agency at today’s
Commissioners’ meeting.
The Ohio
Revised Code offers county commissioners the opportunity to
decide the organizational structure that will provide the best
method of delivering services that protect and support the
vulnerable children, families and adults of Lucas County.
“As a
responsibility to the public, I am always exploring ways to make
the services we provide more efficient and cost-effective” said
Commissioner Tina Skeldon Wozniak. “Streamlining
government agencies is a successful method of coping with
limited resources while delivering services in a more seamless
way.”
The merger
process started in 2006 when Commissioner Skeldon Wozniak
convened a committee to examine the feasibility of combining the
agencies in order to make public services more efficient, cost
effective and client friendly. The study recommended that a
merger move forward.
Since then
Lucas County officials, management and labor of both agencies
have been working on a merger plan. “Without the hard work of
the JFS and CSEA staff under the leadership of Deb
Ortiz-Flores, we would not have been able to achieve a
successful merger” said Commissioner Wozniak.
According to
Ohio Revised Code, county commissioners must pass a resolution
that formalizes the intent to merge the agencies ninety days
before the merger is to take effect. Commissioner Wozniak
introduced this resolution today to stay on track for a merged
agency the first of the year.
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