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Montgomery County council member announces $1 million to shore up senior, home‑care and respite services
Summary
Council member Lorien Sales announced a $1,000,000 special appropriation to Montgomery County's FY2026 operating budget to reopen senior nutrition, expand home‑care capacity and fund respite care after tours of crisis and emergency housing sites highlighted strained services.
Council member Lorien Sales, chair of the Health and Human Services Committee, announced a $1,000,000 special appropriation to Montgomery County’s fiscal 2026 operating budget aimed at stabilizing strained senior, home‑care and family respite services.
Sales made the announcement at a press conference in Silver Spring following a series of county tours of behavioral health, crisis response and emergency housing facilities. "We are asking our health care system and providers to do more with less," she said, framing the appropriation as an immediate intervention to prevent temporary harms from becoming permanent losses of services.
The appropria…
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