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Lucas County Guardianship Services seeks $30,000 and office space to add case manager and expand capacity

Lucas County Board of Commissioners · October 28, 2025
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Margaret Taleb Desale, director and legal counsel for Lucas County Guardianship Services, requested $30,000 from the general fund and in-kind office space to hire a fourth case manager and restore intake capacity for mental-health referrals.

Margaret Taleb Desale, executive director and legal counsel for the Lucas County Guardianship Services Board, asked commissioners for $30,000 from the general fund and suitable in-kind office space to hire a fourth case manager so the board can accept additional mental-health referrals.

Desale described the board—s origin in a 2019 study and said the agency serves adults adjudicated incompetent by the Lucas County Probate Court who meet eligibility criteria: age 18 or older, Lucas County residents, severe mental illness, substance-use disorder and/or…

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