The local authority plans to cut the number of children's centres from 81 to 53, a move which it says would save £6m. Under the proposals, some centres would be merged and the management of all children's centres would be outsourced to third parties.
The proposals are among measures announced in the children's services budget for the next financial year.
A six-week consultation on the proposals started on Monday and will end on 14 March. The report blames funding cuts to the other areas of children's services, which it says means that greater savings need to be made from children's centres.
Around 338 full-time jobs in children's services across Hampshire will be lost. The bill for early retirement, voluntary and compulsory redundancy in children's services could be as high as £10m, including pension costs.
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