By Matt Freeze —<\/p>\n
Tioga County legislators approved an additional full-time clinical social worker position Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The move followed a request brought by the county\u2019s Mental Hygiene Department that the Newark Valley School District would like to expand its social services with an additional full-time employee.<\/p>\n
\u201cTioga County has a lot of mental hygiene people that are assigned to the schools,\u201d Legislator Bill Standinger said. \u201cI think that\u2019s a very good use of the money to provide that service to the school kids that are having problems.\u201d<\/p>\n
The funding for the position will be covered in part by a contractual $25,000 paid annually by the Newark Valley School District.<\/p>\n
The position will be created effective July 17.<\/p>\n
Legislators also unanimously approved the use of a total of $40,000 from the county\u2019s opioid settlement fund toward the Tioga County Jail\u2019s medically assisted treatment program, which county documents said had run over budget.<\/p>\n
Additionally, legislators voted to approve the receipt of $50,000 in federal grant funds from the Office of National Drug Control Policy and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) toward curbing substance abuse among youth.<\/p>\n
And, with the Village of Owego\u2019s receipt of $468,416 in grant funds toward the historic renovation of the Owego Police Department building, legislators approved the county\u2019s Economic Development and Planning Department to assist the village with its state-mandated historic preservation review for the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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