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Health & Human Services
Mission Statement: The role of the Health and Human Services Department is to provide a better quality of life for employees and citizens of Santa Cruz County. This is accomplished through coordinating the efforts of local, state and federal programs to improve and increase services available. The Department consists of Human Resources, Workforce Investment, Public Fiduciary, Health and Risk Management. The various divisions responsibilities include:

·Human Resources: oversees compensation, benefits, salary administration, employee relations, training and policy.
·The Workforce Development: provides the necessary services for increasing employment, retention and earnings of participants, improving the quality of the workforce, reducing welfare dependency, and to enhance the productivity and competitiveness of the County and the Nation.
·Public Fiduciary: serves as the fiduciary of last resort for individuals and decedents estates in need of guardianship.
·Health Department: provides preventive intervention, surveillance, and education to all individuals.
·Risk Management: serves as a safeguard to improve safety and compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations while maintaining County service delivery.

 

In preparing this material, every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is correct. The information is provided as a public service and Santa Cruz County assumes no liability for any inaccuracies that it may contain.

Carlos Rivera

Health & Human Services Director:
Carlos Rivera
(520) 375-7812



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