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Council reports transportation, food pantry and shelter updates; nonemergency medical transport not covered
Summary
Council members reported that council funds cannot pay for nonemergency medical transport, buses now stop at the hospital, the food pantry needs a new home and warming-place lunches continue on Mondays.
Council members provided multiple community-service updates at the June 26 meeting, including changes to transportation access, limits on council-funded nonemergency travel, and an urgent need for a new food-pantry location.
Council Chair Veronica Bolchic said she learned the council cannot pay for nonemergency medical transportation; the council’s support is limited to emergency transport. When asked whether off-island cancer infusions or chemotherapy qualify, the council’s staff response in the meeting was: “Correct.…
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