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Sheriff’s Office creates peer‑support specialist post in RSAT program and approves contingent hire

5968155 · October 21, 2025
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Summary

The St. Francois County Sheriff’s Office, using remaining RSAT grant funds, won commission approval to create a peer‑support specialist position for its Pathway for Change residential substance‑use treatment program and to hire a candidate contingent on continued grant funding through July 2026.

The St. Francois County Sheriff’s Office briefed commissioners on the RSAT (Residential Substance Abuse Treatment) program known locally as Pathway for Change and secured authorization to create a grant‑funded peer support specialist position and to proceed with a contingent hire.

Sheriff’s Office staff (Mike Ryan) said the RSAT grant period opened Oct. 1, 2024, and the county received an extension for remaining grant funds; staff stated those funds run through July 31, 2026. The peer support…

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