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Health department granted beach-monitoring funds and seeks crisis-intervention grant
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Oakland County's health department accepted state beach-monitoring funds of about $80,000 and applied for a Michigan State Police crisis-intervention grant focused on suicide prevention; commissioners discussed sampling frequency, volunteer testing partnerships and budget trade-offs and approved the items 8-0.
Oakland County's Public Health & Safety Committee approved accepting state beach-monitoring grant funds and authorized an application to the Michigan State Police for a crisis-intervention grant focused on suicide prevention and related interventions, county staff said.
Leanne Stafford (video), a health department representative, told commissioners the county runs a beach-sampling program using student sanitarians and that the department tries to sample 50 public beaches each year while rotating semi-public beaches on a five-year schedule. Stafford said the department is accepting approximately $80,000 from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) to support summer…
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