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Committee receives public-safety updates on prevention programs, dispatch, EMS and child-care funding

Alpena County Courts & Public Safety Committee · November 17, 2025
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The committee received updates from Up North Prevention, Emergency Management and Central Dispatch; highlights included a $215,389.10 child care fund balance (with $150,000 owed to the sheriff), 4,288 dispatch calls in October, FEMA reimbursement for a $5,000 deductible, and uncertainty about state opioid response funds for FY26.

Representatives from Up North Prevention and Catholic Human Services summarized local prevention and recovery programs and grant logistics. Donna Hardies said the Marijuana Operations and Oversite grant funds are a pass-through to local health departments and described an incentive to distribute locked bags through provisioning centers to keep marijuana away from youth. Larry Lacross of Catholic Human…

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