June 27, 2008 12:04 pm
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The editor:
On July 1 the Morgan County Office of Kentucky Homeplace is scheduled to be closed in our region. This important program works together with Christian Social Services in Morehead and our outreach center in Elliott County by providing long-term medicine and health supplies (eye glasses, etc.) for our clients. Like CSS, they serve families on fixed incomes that rely on this long-term service to balance their monthly budgets.
I cannot stress enough what closing this office will do. Their staff has been our partner for several years. They make home visits to families in our county and professionally and compassionately care for them.
Our families and friends will suffer during this financial crisis without this valuable service. I ask you to call our legislators about saving our Kentucky Homeplace office: Rep. Rocky Adkins at (606) 928-3433, Rep. John Will Stacy at (606) 743-1526, or Senator Walter Blevins at (606) 743-1212 or 743-1200.
For more information or questions about this program, call Kentucky Center for Rural Health’s Kentucky Homeplace Program Director, Fran Felter at (606) 439-3557. Please call today. Eastern Kentucky families can’t continue to loose vital, medical programs due to budget cuts.
Kay Stiner, Director
Christian Social Services
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