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Human Services reports rising caseloads, seeks modest part‑time staffing and $15,000 for direct assistance
Summary
Human services director Marcy Rand told the board that adult and senior client contacts and food pantry use have increased year to date; the department proposes a part‑time position to handle applications and requests $15,000 to replenish emergency direct-aid funds as prior balances were spent down.
Marcy Rand, director of Human Services, presented year-to-date caseload and program data and the department’s 2025 budget proposal. Rand said adult and senior client contacts rose (she reported 231 adult/senior client cases year to date), youth-and-family caseloads and crisis referrals have increased and the food pantry served 1,041 households and 868 shoppers in the year-to-date period shown.
Rand said the department manages energy-assistance and renter-rebate applications, runs a grief-support group and a program called Life Reimagined for retired residents, and maintains a vulnerable-population registry (86 residents on request). She described monthly…
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