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Utah County Commission approves grant-funded public-health position and staffing changes

Utah County Commission · May 9, 2017
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The commission authorized reclassification and deletion of counselor-aide positions and approved converting a prevention position to full time to address prescription misuse; funding is largely grant-supported with contingency if grants expire.

The Utah County Commission approved several personnel actions affecting the county's drug and alcohol services, including deletion of three counselor-aide positions and converting a prevention role to a full-time position tied to grant funding.

Pat Burduth of the Department of Drug and Alcohol explained the changes stem from licensing and billing needs: counselor aides have been used historically but the department needs case-manager classifications for licensing and to…

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