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Lawrence County commissioners approve contracts for child placement, VR training and courthouse repairs; accept small health grant
Summary
At their Feb. 10 meeting, Lawrence County commissioners approved a new contract to place a hard-to-place youth, a memorandum of understanding to give child-welfare staff year-round virtual-reality training, selected The Efficiency Network to lead courthouse capital projects, and accepted a $4,269 health grant for bottled-water dispensers; a $1,200 voter-services transfer was also approved.
Lawrence County commissioners on Feb. 10 approved a package of resolutions that county officials said are intended to address immediate child-placement needs, staff training and several courthouse capital repairs.
Donald Andrews, director of Lawrence County Children & Youth Services, told the board the county has been unable to place one child through its usual contractors and recommended a new contract with New Life Adolescent facility in Marion Center (Indiana County). "They did agree to take this child as long as we could secure a contract," Andrews said. Commissioners voted to approve the contract (Resolution 13).
Andrews also presented a memorandum of understanding (Resolution 14) with the Pennsylvania Children and Youth Administrators to provide county staff access to an Accenture virtual-reality training program. Andrews said the arrangement…
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