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Henry County health official announces resignation, opioid-settlement fund applications to open May 1
Summary
A county health official said the health promotion director, Shabex, will resign effective May 1 and stay on as a contractor; the county will open an opioid settlement application window May 1–June 30, with committee review in July and recommendations to commissioners by end of July.
A Henry County health department official told commissioners Wednesday that the department’s director of health promotion, identified in the transcript as Shabex, will resign effective May 1 to take a post with the State Department of Health but will continue to manage certain grants as a contractor.
The official said the county will advertise and open an application window for opioid-settlement funds from May 1 through June 30. An opioid settlement review committee will evaluate applications in July and present recommendations to the commissioners by the end of July; commissioners would then consider funding decisions in August.
The health official also said the department will hire a director of nursing to oversee nursing services and is launching a community health assessment on May 1 with outreach and advertising planned through the summer. The official said the department hopes to collect roughly "450 to 500" completed surveys to inform the assessment.
The health official noted that the departing director will remain involved as a contractor to manage the Live Coalition and the drug-free communities grant work. The announcements were presented as informational updates; no formal funding decisions were made at the meeting.
