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Putnam County proclaims Feb. 11, 2025, as 2-1-1 Day to recognize United Way helpline
Summary
The Putnam County Legislature read and recognized a proclamation declaring Feb. 11, 2025, as 2-1-1 Day, highlighting the United Way-run referral line’s role and recent local increases in demand.
The Putnam County Legislature on Feb. 11 read a proclamation declaring Feb. 11, 2025, as 2-1-1 Day in Putnam County, recognizing the United Way–operated 2-1-1 information and referral service.
The proclamation noted 2-1-1 connects residents and visitors to free and confidential help — including crisis and emergency counseling, disaster assistance, food, health care, housing and utility payment assistance, employment services, veteran services, and child and family services — by listening, identifying underlying problems and linking callers to local resources. It said that in 2024 the 2-1-1 system nationwide handled about 15,000,000 referrals across phone, text, chat and email and reported a 27% increase in interactions in the Hudson Valley compared with 2023. The legislature’s text says 2-1-1 “handled thousands of requests” in Putnam County for financial assistance to prevent evictions and to maintain water and electricity for vulnerable residents.
The proclamation credits county funding and local service providers for enabling the 2-1-1 network’s work locally and states the Putnam County Legislature and county executive “hereby proclaim 02/11/2025 as 2-1-1 Day in Putnam County.” The transcript records the proclamation being read and acknowledged during the meeting; no roll-call vote or recorded tally for the proclamation appears in the meeting transcript.
The recognition highlights a local increase in demand for social-service referrals and underscores the role of coordinated information lines in county human-services planning.
