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County administrator urges local push on federal bill; shelter bids under review, application work with OTDA ongoing
Summary
County Administrator Corso asked legislators to oppose a federal bill that could cut human-services funding; he also said five shelter-development bids arrived and county staff are working with OTDA to prepare a competitive application and identify a service provider.
Tompkins County’s administrator told the Health and Human Services Committee that county officials are urging representatives to oppose a draft federal funding bill that, as presented to counties, could significantly reduce human-services funding and increase the number of uninsured residents by 2029.
County Administrator Corso described a call with a statewide association and said the association’s guidance is to ask counties to encourage their federal representatives to vote no on the bill in its…
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