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Human Services director details rising demand and seeks modest increases for food, housing and crisis programs
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Human Services Director Michelle Picariello told the council the department is seeing higher demand across fuel, food and housing assistance and requested modest line-item increases (nutrition, youth program services, crisis intervention) to respond to growing needs; she noted much assistance is currently funded from a community gift account.
Michelle Picariello, director of Human Services for the Town of Cheshire, told the council the department is seeing rising need for basic assistance and requested targeted increases to program accounts during the budget committee meeting on March 23.
"The mission of our department is to support the social, emotional and physical well-being of Cheshire residents across the lifespan," Picariello said, and then summarized operational pressures: fuel…
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