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County Beat: June 10, 2021

RBC I Rio Blanco County commissioners met June 8 to discuss the following public business.

DHS UPDATE

With caseloads for DHS staff at around 400 cases each, the RBC Department of Human Services requested permission to use American Rescue Plan funds to hire a full-time eligibility technician. All caseloads — for medical assistance, food assistance, etc. — have been on the increase, partly due to backlogs caused by COVID. 

PUBLIC HEALTH

Rio Blanco County hit…