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DHS 2009-2011 budget
Draft budget
Oregon's human services needs are growing faster than the funding levels required to pay for those needs. Difficult economic times, years of underinvestment in health and human services, and a growing population are combining to place increasing pressure on the state's ability to provide these important services to Oregonians.
DHS believes it is important to acknowledge the full range of health and human services needed in this state. For that reason, the department has prepared a needs-based budget for 2009-2011 that recognizes and addresses the level of services Oregonians need.
To help build the proposed 2009-2011 budget DHS staff held a series of community forums to gather input, received comments via e-mail and mail, and spoke with many state leaders and representatives of advocacy groups. These comments and concerns were instrumental in developing a series of policy option packages (POPs), which are proposed additions to the current DHS base budget. These POPs represent the foundation of what we are calling a needs-based budget and demonstrate what is required to provide a more complete range of the health and human services Oregonians need and deserve.
Please feel free to participate in the DHS budget development process by reviewing these POPs and providing your comments and feedback to dhs.budget-input@state.or.us.
Budget development process
Public input
Those unable to attend the public meetings are invited to e-mail questions, comments and ideas to dhs.budget-input@state.or.us or send by mail to Oregon Department of Human Services, Director's office, 500 Summer Street NE (E-15), Salem OR 97301.
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