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Committee backs $255,116 in grant funds to embed social workers in Problem Properties unit
Summary
The St. Louis City Health and Human Development Committee gave Board Bill 124 a favorable do-pass recommendation to accept approximately $255,115.69 in State Crisis Intervention Program funds to hire three social workers for the Problem Properties unit as a one-year pilot, with hiring and continued funding subject to future approvals.
Alderwoman Alicia Saulnier introduced Board Bill 124, which would accept approximately $255,115.69 in State Crisis Intervention Program (SIP) grant funds to hire social workers for the City of St. Louis Problem Properties unit, and asked the Health and Human Development Committee for a favorable recommendation.
The bill would fund three embedded social-worker positions — two frontline social workers and one supervising master-level social worker — to be integrated with the Problem Properties unit and to support the municipal prosecution special-assistance docket. "Board Bill 1 24 is the City of Saint Louis accepting $255,115.69, approximately, in order to hire social workers," Saulnier said during her presentation.
Mia Wood, attorney manager for the Problem Properties office in the City Councilor's office, told the committee the…
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