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Dixon Allen Foundation gives $137,200 to fund Lavaca County law-enforcement mental-health team; court approves two positions
Summary
Lavaca County commissioners accepted a $137,200 donation from the Dixon Allen Foundation Dec. 22 to support the county’s Law Enforcement Mental Health Wellness Initiative and approved hiring one full-time mental-health deputy and one full-time mental-health caseworker to be funded primarily by the donation.
Lavaca County commissioners on Dec. 22 accepted a $137,200 donation from the Dixon Allen Foundation to support a county program that places mental-health specialists inside law-enforcement responses, and the court approved hiring one full-time mental-health deputy and one full-time mental-health caseworker funded primarily by that gift.
The donation was presented to the court and accepted by a motion made by Precinct 3 and seconded by Precinct 4; the motion passed by voice vote. The foundation’s support was praised by the presiding official, who told the court, “What Dixon Allen Foundation has meant to this county is beyond words.” The transcript identifies the…
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