As part of its corrective plan, the department proposed to lay off 198 people and end grants supporting child-abuse prevention programs and health centers. Its plan would slash the budget by about twice as much as the legislature ordered.
The job cuts would save the department about $10.1 million for the budget year beginning in July.
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