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Soon to be former DCF Secretary George Sheldon is in the running for two high level jobs.  Sheldon flies to Los Angeles Wednesday where he’s been asked to interview to run the county’s protection services. Sheldon has also been asked to apply for the job of running Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. Sheldon says he’s up to the financial challenges that Jackson faces.

“Fundamentally it’s solid,” Sheldon said. “There are financial issues and they’ve got to get those under control. Part of that is billing, making sure they have an up-to-date billing system. When we came to this agency, we had the worst food stamp error rate in the country. Now we’re number one in the country, but it was technology that allowed that to happen. The same thing is true with running an operation the size of Jackson. You’ve got to get your arms around revenue, both on the expense side but also on the income side.”

Sheldon says his preference is to remain in Florida.