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Board backs school support programs and approves recovery-house and classroom funding from abatement funds
Summary
The board approved additional funding requests for county education and recovery programs: Communities In Schools sought funds to expand substance-abuse programming across nine schools; the board also approved $11,000 for recovery-house fees and $42,566.72 to equip a classroom for workforce and life-skills training, using drug-abatement funds.
Two presentations at the Russell County Board of Supervisors' March 30 meeting focused on in-school supports and recovery services.
Tony Bush, program director for Communities In Schools in Russell County, described in-school support coordinators serving all nine county schools and said the program had distributed over 5,000 basic-need items (clothing, hygiene and food) year-to-date. Bush requested additional opioid/abatement (OA) funds to expand substance-abuse prevention and tiered interventions countywide;…
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