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Clarksburg OKs application to West Virginia First Foundation to continue social-worker outreach position
Summary
Council authorized submitting a grant application to the West Virginia First Foundation to continue funding a social worker/outreach coordinator, with staff saying the foundation previously contributed roughly $40,000–$45,000 and the city would cover remaining costs from opioid funds if approved.
City staff described a request to submit a grant application to the West Virginia First Foundation to continue funding a social worker/outreach coordinator position that works with people with substance use and housing needs. Speaker 3 told council the request seeks to continue the position at the current salary level with no increase and also requests foundation support for a vehicle to assist transport to treatment.
Staff said the foundation previously contributed approximately $40,000–$45,000 toward the position and that the remainder would come from the city’s opioid fund; staff reported the opioid fund balance at about $841,000. Council asked for outcome reporting and for numeric updates on the number of people served; staff said the worker is compiling a report for council and that staff would provide anonymized counts by email.
Council members voiced support for the program’s impact on public safety and neighborhood health, noting that a transport vehicle could materially increase the program’s effectiveness. The motion to approve the grant application and the request for a vehicle passed (transcript: "she carries"). City staff said they would return with program results and could discuss expansion after 12 months of results.
The action authorizes staff to pursue external funding and does not itself appropriate new city funds beyond the project planning and the stated city-match contingency that would come from existing opioid funds.
