Office for the Aging extends payment-processing contract and reports heating-assistance caseloads
Summary
Kate West from the Office for the Aging won committee approval to extend a payment-processing contract with Greater Hudson Promise Neighborhood to support heating-assistance payments; staff also reported first-quarter case-management workloads and unmet-need disbursements.
Kate West, filling in for the Office for the Aging, asked the committee to authorize hiring a CSA assistant (retirement replacement) and to extend the county's contract with the Greater Hudson Promise Neighborhood for payment processing of heating-assistance claims tied to state unmet-need funds. The committee approved the personnel request and the contract extension by voice vote.
West reported first-quarter case-management activity and that the office has used unmet-need funding to assist households with furnaces, boilers and fuel deliveries; she said some payments were processed under the extension and that the office has been able to help multiple households though demand remains high during a tough winter season. No new funding amounts were approved at the meeting.
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