Faced with a draconian budget cuts, Robert Little was determined to do all he could to save his struggling relationship Agency Foster Care Program. Retaining the core of the program will require two stages: the reduction and restructuring of other areas of his department and shaving compensation for the city to pay a voluntary charge of institutions. Under its roof, Little slashed its administrative budget by 20 percent, deprived of all the programs is not legally binding, and compared to the approved programs of the agency in protective and preventive services to the bone. Budget City Hall continues to insist on a reduction in affinity programs, the introduction of a reduction of the periphery of the program, depriving down the level of managers and staff in the unit charged with approving the homes of relatives. But few managed to retain the core of the program, its social workers, almost as he had hoped, although he will have to sacrifice the 200 most recently hired employees, it gets commitment OMB, to rehire these, and more than once the current crisis has passed. HKS Case Number 1203.1 "Hide
by Esther Scott, David Eddy Spicer Source: Harvard Kennedy School 2 pages. Publication Date: January 1, 1993. Prod. #: HKS832-PDF-ENG