Health committee approves grants totaling $436,730.94 and updates advisory committee membership

The Orange County Legislature Health and Mental Health Committee voted to accept four grant awards and approved a personnel update to the county legislative value advisory committee during its meeting.

The committee accepted a no-cost extension and remaining funds for a mobile response and peer services expansion, a cost-of-living adjustment payment for the Welcome Orange Geriatric Initiative (WOGI), a National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) infection-prevention mentoring grant, and a Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) grant. The panel also approved an update adding a representative from the County Attorney's Office to the Orange County Legislative Value Advisory Committee.

The grants accepted were: $299,374.94 from New York State for a no-cost extension that supports the county Department of Mental Health’s mobile response team and peer services (legislative request number 8); $35,256 from the New York State Office for Mental Health for 2023–2024 COLA for the WOGI program (legislative request number 9);…