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Sheriff says Young County cleared to use grant funding to add nurses, behavioral-health response
Summary
Sheriff Robert Babcock told the commission the county received approval to set up grant reimbursement and will use funds to hire two nurses, buy vehicles and equipment, and fund a social worker to respond to mental-health crises in the community.
Young County Sheriff Robert Travis Babcock told the Commissioners Court the county has cleared administrative requirements to begin using a federal grant that will fund additional medical and behavioral-health staffing and equipment for the jail and community response.
Babcock said the county received the "go ahead" to be set up in the grant system and that the grant will be reimbursement-based: the county will purchase and administer services up front and then submit expenses for…
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