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Emergency services training grant ends; county seeks funding as criminal‑justice office applies for TAD grants
Summary
Emergency services reported the state grant that funded EMR/EMS training is exhausted and future classes would require county funding. Separately, the criminal justice office applied for TAD grants—$100,000 for diversion and $150,000 for a treatment court—and judges praised staff work on youth truancy diversion.
Emergency services director Mr. Braum told the committee that the state grant that supported the county’s EMR/EMS training has been fully spent and future training would need county funding. “At this point I’m out of the state grant money,” Braum said, adding that the county sponsored classes with local high schools and Northwood Tech and has seen improved EMR staffing as a result.
Braum said emergency responders and hospital coordinators have praised the county’s rapid recognition-to‑treatment timelines for strokes and STEMIs, describing Sawyer County as a high performer on those measures. He noted the county recently used a commercial training provider (Real Living) for staff classes and received positive feedback, but cautioned that continued classes would require funding beyond the exhausted state grant.
On criminal justice programming, Mr. Mark reported the county submitted an initial Treatment Alternatives and Diversion (TAD) grant application this cycle seeking $100,000 for diversion programming and $150,000 for treatment court. He also noted that judges commended Melinda Hoyus for her work on youth truancy diversion efforts.
Committee members heard these program updates as part of departmental reports and did not take formal funding action during the meeting; any county contribution or grant awards would require later committee or board action.
