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Public health department accepts CAI grant, applies for cancer‑prevention mini‑grant and approves interns and staffing requests
Summary
Public Health Director Tyler Shaw told the Human Service Committee the department will accept $31,252 in CAI funding, apply for a $10,000 cancer‑prevention mini‑grant, contract with Eric Jones Studios and approve a Keuka College unpaid internship. The committee also authorized filling two public‑health vacancies.
Public Health Director Tyler Shaw told the Allegany County Human Service Committee the department will accept $31,252 in Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs CAI funding and that the appropriation is in the meeting packet. "In your packet, you should see design for what we plan for that funding. It's a $31,252," Shaw said. The committee approved the appropriation by voice vote.
Shaw also presented a facility‑use agreement with Alfred University for the department's education summit in June and the committee approved that contract. He said the CAI award sits under the department's recurring Children and Youth umbrella grant and the committee approved renewing that grant.
The committee approved a contract with Eric Jones Studios LLC to support the CAI project; members noted plans for a ribbon cutting and outreach. Shaw next asked permission to apply for a $10,000 mini‑grant from the Community Cancer Action Council focused on cancer prevention and screening. "It's really focused on cancer prevention and cancer screening," he said, and added the department was considering items such as fitness trackers or blood‑pressure monitors but was still developing final plans. The committee authorized the application.
Members approved an unpaid student internship through Keuka College; Shaw said interns rotate through every program, develop a capstone project and present results to the department and college. The committee also approved requests to fill an Environmental Health Director position and a Public Health Technician vacancy, each prompted by resignation. Shaw responded to questions about candidate sources and college affiliations and said operations would continue while vacancies are filled.
Why it matters: the approvals secure recurring grant funding and short‑term project support for children's health services, while staffing fills aim to maintain delivery of public‑health programs in Allegany County. Next steps: staff will finalize contract language, pursue the cancer‑prevention grant details and begin recruitment for the authorized vacancies.
