By Matthias Gafni
Contra Costa Times
12/09/2008
Contra Costa supervisors must decide today whether to cut more than 200 county positions, many of them social workers dealing with child and elder abuse, in the aftermath of three high-profile cases of severe mistreatment.
The board must cut $18.5 million from the Employment and Human Services Department after earlier state budget cuts slashed its funding.
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SOURCE: Contra Costa Times - CA,USA
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