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SHINE Program: Offering Community Presentations to Explain Medicare

SHINE Program: Medicare Open Enrollment Presentations Medicare’s Part C (Medicare Advantage) and Part D (Medicare Prescription) Open Enrollment Period begins on October 15th and ends December 7th for 2020 plan […]

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Submission to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

As required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Cape and Islands Regional Network on Homelessness is publicly posting the following documents prior to submission to HUD. […]

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News from Cape & Islands Continuum of Care (CoC)

Racial Disparities in the Homeless Services System The geographic area covered by the Cape Cod and Islands Continuum of Care (CoC) – Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket Counties – has a […]

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News from Cape & Islands Regional Network on Homelessness: YYA Homelessness Community Needs Assessment

Between February and June 2019 the Barnstable County Department of Human Services, with Matthew Aronson Consulting, conducted a Youth and Young Adult (YYA) Homelessness Community Needs Assessment to explore the […]

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DY High Students Produce Series of PSA Videos Ranging from the Dangers of Vaping to Underage Drinking with SAPC Program Mini-Grant

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | September 18, 2019 Barnstable, Massachusetts – In April 2019 the Barnstable County Department of Human Services awarded Dennis Yarmouth Regional High School a mini-grant in the amount of […]

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Barnstable County Department of Human Services unveils “Escape the Vape” campaign

Barnstable County Department of Human Services Launches partnership with Monomoy Regional School District; online toolkit HARWICH, MA. (September 16, 2019) — The Barnstable County Department of Human Services My Choice […]

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Barnstable County Human Rights Advisory Commission Seeks Volunteer Members

The Barnstable County Human Rights Advisory Commission (BCHRAC) seeks candidates to fill vacancies beginning January 1, 2020. The (9) member volunteer BC-HRAC was recently re-structured under BC Ordinance 19-10 by […]

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News from Barnstable County HOME Consortium

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Read Barnstable County Department of Human Services bi-weekly newsletter, providing timely information on health and human service topics of interest for people living and working on Cape Cod. Does your […]

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