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Nearly 200 seniors will soon be surfing with a little help from Hastings County.
The Rural and Remote Seniors E-Connect Program will give internet access to 199 people in central and North Hastings. It’s funded by $24,300 from Employment and Social Development Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors program.
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Erin Rivers, the county’s director of community and human services, reported ongoing wellness checks by her workers found seniors in rural areas are finding it difficult during the pandemic to stay in touch with family and friends.
Projects provide tablets, internet access to seniors in county housing
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A Hastings County plan to provide voluntary COVID-19 isolation spaces needs federal funding to help protect vulnerable people, area committee members have learned.
Wednesday’s meeting of the county’s community and human services committee included a report on the plan and a possible request for federal dollars.
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Members endorsed community and human services director Erin Rivers’ recommendation for county council to ask for funding through the Safe Voluntary Isolation Sites program for Jan. 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022.