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Category: Featured

State Extra SNAP Benefits

Massachusetts households will receive state-funded extra SNAP payments on April 7, May 2, and June 2, 2023, following Governor Healey’s signing of a supplemental budget that created an offramp from the […]

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Act Now, Stay Covered! COVID-19 Protections for MassHealth Coverage are Ending – Members Must Renew Coverage to Maintain Benefits

In March 2020, the federal government declared a public health emergency (PHE) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to the PHE and consistent with federal continuous coverage requirements, MassHealth […]

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Potential Disruption in Local Access to Medication for Opioid Use Disorder

Due to the recent closing of the Recovery Connections Centers of America which includes Hyannis and Plymouth locations, Barnstable County Department of Human Services would like to alert the community […]

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988: The New Suicide & Crisis Hotline

By Theresa Covell, Assistant Public Health Nurse “Who is 988 for? 988 is for ANYONE in emotional distress or suicidal crisis. It is for an individual who is worried about […]

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Food Access Partnership Event via ZOOM, September 28, 2021, 8:30-2:30pm

Cape Cod Cooperative Extension will be hosting a community partnership event to discuss and explore initiatives in food access. The objective is to gather community input on Barnstable County’s role […]

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Now Hiring Deputy Director/Senior Projects Manager for Department of Human Services

Barnstable County, department of Human Services, is accepting applications from qualified individuals to provide professional, administrative, and technical work in the areas of planning, development, implementation, and management. Emphasis will […]

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