By Bob Cuddy -- Supplicants for $3.6 million in state and federal grant money can make their respective cases to the county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, as the board continues its series of hearings on how to spend grant money for those in need.In meetings already held, the county’s Planning and Building Department has found a need for affordable housing throughout the county, as well a shortage of adequate aid to the homeless.The staff report delineates a growing and alarming number of people in trouble.

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