DHS Funding a Hit or Miss?

I found an article concerning a suprising increase in funding for Oregon's Department of Human Services. This increase in budget has very good, and very bad elements within it. The article parades the fact that there will be an increase in workers hired, however ignores the fact that these employees are generally viewed as expendable. The training they recieve is often subpar, and the pay offered is an insult. The average burnout for a DHS employee stands at about 4 years. So, while more employees are going to be hired, there is no mention of any pay increase, or funding for more comprehensive training. All in all, Oregon should be looking at quality, not quantity, which has historically been a problem.

Another issue with this funding the article touches on, is this federally funded money comes with strings attached. There are major cuts in other areas of federally funded programs many Oregonians depend on. Specifically, adults and children with disabities- those who may need the most will be recieving less than the previous year, in a time when more people than ever have deended on the system.

Federally funded programs are having major issues within their systems and these are ones which, in my opinion, need to be addressed from the inside out. If those who are doling out the cash have no idea where it actually needs to be directed, then those organizations need to take the steps to make those needs more apparent.