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Health department combines DEC and opioid response roles; Jenny Ebert to cover both
Summary
The county health director presented and the commission approved a staffing plan that combines Drug Endangered Children (DEC) and opioid response duties into one part‑time position; Jenny Ebert will do 30 hours per week (7.5 paid from DEC through 9/11/2026 and 22.5 from opioid funds thereafter unless new funding found).
Diane Creek, Riley County health department director, proposed combining the county’s Drug Endangered Children (DEC) and opioid-response positions into a single part-time role and said the state granted a no-cost extension for DEC funding through Sept. 30, 2026.
Creek told the commission the DEC grant began in 2023 and the county previously had a part-time DEC hire who left in April 2025. She…
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