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DSS reports more sheltering as Code Blue use rises; staff recruitment continues
Summary
Tompkins County Department of Social Services reported roughly 112 people sheltered across programs on Feb. 2, with Code Blue nightly use rising on cold nights; the department is hiring eligibility staff after recent retirements.
Tompkins County's Department of Social Services told the Health and Human Services Committee that shelter use remains high this winter and that the department is adding staff to handle caseloads.
Kit Kephart of the Department of Social Services reported that, as of Feb. 2, about 112 individuals were in county shelter programs: 91 in the regular shelter program (about 78 adults and 13 children) and 21…
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