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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1996
Community
Services Board
It is hard to see in what way Rappahannock County is getting more than its fair share of services from the Community Services Board as board member Aline Johnson told the supervisors last week.
Not only is the county's share not commensurate with its contribution, it is not even commensurate with its share of the population in the planning district.
Now that the county's seniors have their own location, they should receive meals five days a week like seniors in the other counties. Those receiving meals for shut-ins should also see an increase to five days a week.
The statistics provided by the CSB are not easy to digest, but on their face they seem to suggest county citizens are receiving less than their share. In most categories county citizens are receiving less than 6 percent of the services while providing 6 percent of the overall population.
If such services as residential services for mental health, mental retardation and substance abuse are not going to a proportional population in Rappahannock County because they are not needed, that is fine. If there is some other reason, that needs to be explained.
In the meantime county citizens can be proud of their senior volunteers who are contributing hours of volunteer service far in excess of the county's share of the population.
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