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Onslow County DSS expands outreach: worker visits libraries and community centers to assist with benefits
Summary
An outreach worker from Onslow County Department of Social Services described visiting branches and community centers to help residents apply for food assistance, energy programs, Medicaid and childcare and offered phone and drop-in options.
Tricia Kendrick, an outreach worker with the Onslow County Department of Social Services (DSS), described in a county media interview how economic-services staff are taking services into the community to reduce travel and access barriers for residents who need assistance with food, energy, Medicaid and childcare benefits.
Kendrick said she was the county’s first outreach worker in economic services and detailed a schedule of regular…
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