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Human services budget shows rising caseloads; director shifts outside-agency funding toward opioid-settlement and targeted grants
Summary
Human Services Director Marcy Rand told the Board of Finance caseloads and emergency assistance needs are rising; Rand proposed targeted outside-agency awards and described the town’s opioid-settlement receipts and how those funds are tracked in a special projects account rather than the general fund.
Marcy Rand, director of human services, presented the department’s 2027 budget request and described growing service demands, funding sources and outside-agency awards.
Rand reported about 228 adult and senior clients year-to-date, 169 families and 178 children in youth and family caseloads, and increased energy assistance applications (98 active cases so far, with applications accepted through May). “Our food pantry is running strong,” she said, noting 945 individuals and 740 shoppers recorded in December and steady donations funding the pantry.
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