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In January, a letter was sent to Killingly Town Manager Mary Calorio from Diane Manning, the president and chief executive officer for United Services, Inc., requesting the town consider reaffirming its support for the mental health and substance abuse prevention agency with a $12,159 funding allotment. Such a request was not unusual in the run-up to budget season – Plainfield officials heard a similar in-person funding request in March – but the letter this year included a stark paragraph spelling out how the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic had affected the social service agency, which supports towns throughout Windham County. “Our Crisis Response Services team is currently averaging a more than 230% increase in services over last year,” Manning wrote. “We are also seeing increases in our outpatient mental health services for adults, children and families, addiction treatment programs and our domestic violence program.” ....