Supervisors OK extension of 211 call center service countywide

RIVERSIDE (CNS) - The Board of Supervisors today approved a one-year agreement for 211 call center service throughout Riverside County, connecting callers with government agencies and nonprofits that can help them with a variety of needs.The $60,000 contract with Rancho Cucamonga-based Inland Southern California 211+ is retroactive to Feb. 7 and will expire on Feb. 6, 2023. The previous 211 call center agreement with Riverside-based Community Connect expired at the start of the year. The five-year compact had been ratified in 2016."The 211 system is a three-digit easy-to-remember number that was designated by the Federal Communications Commission to facilitate connection with the local health and human service information providers,'' according to a Riverside County Infor