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Social Services describes new utilities and benefits flyer, committee urges broader digital and municipal outreach
Summary
Department of Employment and Benefit Services staff presented a new utilities‑assistance flyer and community resource guide distribution plan. Supervisors urged wider digital distribution, targeted outreach via school and city portals, use of QR codes and consideration of safe, governed data‑sharing to reach eligible beneficiaries.
Department of Employment and Benefit Services (DEBS) staff presented outreach work on June 26, showing a new multilingual flyer with information about reduced‑rate utility programs and how benefits applicants and recipients can access them. Staff said the flyer is posted in agency lobbies, included in application packets, available online and shared with community‑based organizations and committees including the Safety Net Committee and CalWORKs Advisory.
What staff said: Bridal Villarreal, program and policy manager with social services (introduced at the meeting), said the flyer appears in three…
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