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Tompkins County committee presses for peer-support coordinator after staff-wellness survey
Summary
Committee members urged the county to revive a previously proposed peer-support coordinator position to address rising mental-health needs among frontline and other staff; a prior budget request for a 1.0 FTE position was estimated at about $124,000 annually.
Tompkins County’s Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Committee on April 27 discussed reviving a peer-support coordinator position county officials proposed last year to provide ongoing mental-health and peer-support services to staff.
The conversation followed presentation of a workforce wellness survey and continued reports from staff and committee members describing repeated trauma exposure among public-safety personnel and other county workers. John, a committee member, cited a recent New York State study showing high rates of suicidal ideation and…
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