Interim director highlights local DSS data, ALICE households and CHIP concerns
Mar 17, 2026
Interim Director Paul Oswell reviewed the Local Agency Profile report—pointing board members to ALICE household data and other local indicators—and summarized the Community Health Improvement Plan with notes on patient-to-doctor ratios.
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Interim Director Paul Oswell briefed the Powhatan County Board of Social Services on March 17 on publicly available data sources and local health-system context. He directed members to the Local Agency Profile report on the Virginia DSS website, which shows metrics for population, poverty, unemployment, benefit program usage and ALICE households (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed).
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