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Local counselor opens Comfort House in Silver Springs to keep foster children in Lyon County
Summary
A Lyon County school counselor described a newly opened six-bedroom home in Silver Springs intended to house up to eight foster children and partner with UNR for social work interns; the founder said an anonymous donor purchased and remodeled the property and that the program aims to keep county children in local schools.
Gina Armstrong, a professional school counselor with Lyon County School District and founder/representative of Comfort House, told the Lyon County Board of Commissioners that she opened a six-bedroom, 3,200-square-foot home on five acres in Silver Springs to provide trauma-informed short-term care for children removed from their homes.
Armstrong said the house can host up to eight children at a time…
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