Charleston County agency to take over state grants for EDCBy Andy Paras (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Monday, August 25, 2008
MONCKS CORNER — Help is on the way for Berkeley and Dorchester county residents who can't afford to pay for medicine, food or their utility bills. The Charleston County Human Services Commission plans to start serving low-income clients in those two counties within two weeks, Deputy Director Reba Hough-Martin said Monday. The agency has agreed to take over the distribution of about $4 million in annual state grant money now that the Berkeley-Dorchester Counties Economic Development Corp. has relinquished control of the programs because of a $1.2 million deficit. Hough-Martin said the program that helps residents pay their energy bills has not been funded in Berkeley and Dorchester counties since April, while another that helps pay for rent and medicine has gone unfunded since July. "We want to get those programs up as soon as possible," Hough-Martin said. Read more in tomorrow's editions of The Post and Courier. |
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