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Human services director outlines rising demand, grant awards in New Canaan budget presentation
Summary
Marcy Rand told the council the town's human services served 1,201 household individuals at the food pantry and outlined grant awards and a $57,000 town ask incorporating opioid settlement funds and other sources.
Marcy Rand, Human Services director, told the New Canaan Town Council on March 31 that the town’s human services caseloads and food pantry use have grown and summarized program and grant requests for FY27. "1,201 household individuals have been served and 902 shoppers as of March," she said.
Rand listed program caseloads and services: 228 senior clients; approximately 169 families and 178 children served by the youth and family caseworker; and 17 domestic-violence cases recorded since November. She…
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