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Community services director reports grant wins, COSUP drawdown and raises policy questions on funerals, IDs and transportation
Summary
County community services staff reported a large COSUP drawdown, ongoing grants for housing and childcare, a proposal under discussion to alter county funeral policy, and requests to reimburse local shelter mileage; the board approved a five‑hour/week assistant agreement for outreach work.
Sarah Faust, Codington County community services director, gave the board a detailed monthly report that included program statistics, recent grant activity and several policy issues the department is tracking.
Faust said staff provided 95 client contacts in August across 48 individuals and 88 different services, with funeral assistance the highest‑used service. For CARES-era funding the county drew $3,000 for administrative fees. Medicaid billing for community health worker services totaled $1,943.61 for August. Faust reported a first COSUP drawdown of about $105,000 to cover staff and program expenses tied to the county’s substance-use initiative and said the department expects quarterly drawdowns going forward.
Faust told commissioners the county is working with partners on several grants and initiatives: a…
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