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County keeps indigent burial rates, updates community service guidelines and accepts health worker grant
Summary
Codington County left indigent funeral reimbursement rates unchanged, approved updates to community services policies (including a limited lien change and required case management for county aid), and accepted a Department of Health community health worker grant to help cover worker costs.
Codington County commissioners on Jan. 13 voted to keep the county's indigent burial and cremation reimbursement rates unchanged and approved several updates to the community services guidelines, including a narrow expansion of lien authority and a new requirement that recipients of county financial assistance engage in case management.
Community Services Director Sarah Faust said Codington County remains among the state's highest for funeral reimbursement rates and recommended no change to the current schedule. The county's published amounts during the meeting were $2,575 for cremation, $3,952 for burial and $565 for…
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