The Associated Press reported late Friday Gov. Wolf will announce a plan Monday to consolidates the departments of Health, Aging, Drug and Alcohol Prevention and Human Services into one super agency called the Department of Health and Human Services.

State employees were notified in an email Friday afternoon from the top officials in each of the four agencies.

In it, they said they had worked to "identify operational silos and program duplicity that exists between agencies and reimagine how we deliver critical services to the 13 million citizens of this Commonwealth."

The details on the move were few, in terms of how much money it would save and how many employees might lose their jobs. Wolf's office said it would provide more information Monday.

Gov. Wolf will present his proposed FY 2017-18 budget to the General Assembly on February 7, a budget he said he would balance with cuts and consolidations and without any increases in the personal income or sales tax.

Could the consolidation of DEP and DCNR be far behind?

NewsClips:

AP: Wolf To Consolidate Health, Aging, Drug, Human Services Agencies

PA Budget Crunch: Wolf Wants To Merge 4 Departments

Murphy: Wolf To Propose Consolidating 4 Agencies Into 1

Thompson: Wolf’s Challenge: How To Balance Budget Without Broad Tax Increase

AP: Grim New Forecast Sees Nearly $3B Budget Gap In PA

Independent Report Shows PA Revenues Down Yet Again

Revenue From Drilling Impact Fees Expected To Fall Again This Year

Washington County Commissioner To HBG: Keep Act 13 Impact Fee

Wolf To Push Again For Severance Tax On Natural Gas Industry

McKelvey: Harrisburg Revs Up For Natural Gas Severance Tax Fight

New Year, Another Round Of Natural Gas Severance Tax Proposals, Nothing For Environment

Editorial: Natural Gas Severance Tax A Nonstarter

Bay Journal: PA Lawmakers Proposed Water Fee To Raise Cleanup Funds

Crable: EPA Pick Says He Will Support, Enforce Chesapeake Bay Cleanup, More Funding

Trump Team Plans Big Cuts At EPA

AP: Official: Trump Wants To Slash EPA Workforce, Budget

Crable: State Parks Increase Fees For Camping, Swimming, Add Transaction Fees

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[Posted: Jan. 27, 2017]

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