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Franklin County accepts state public-health and aging grants to fund screenings, elder-abuse response and caregiver supports
Summary
The Legislature accepted multiple grants: $133,000 for Early Breast, Cervical & Colorectal screening infrastructure (joint with Essex County), $12,000 incentive funds for communicable disease reporting, $7,140 for clinical screening services, $6,300 for elder-abuse multidisciplinary supports, $8,520 for caregiver support (BIP), and other smaller carryovers to fund local services.
Franklin County legislators unanimously authorized acceptance and appropriation of several state and partner-funded grants covering public health screenings, caregiver support and elder-abuse response.
The Public Health Services director notified the Legislature that Franklin (joint with Essex County) had received a $133,000 Early Breast, Cervical and Colorectal screening grant for April 1, 2017–March 31, 2018; Franklin County will appropriate and expend those funds and roll unspent funds into 2018. Separately, Public Health accepted $12,000 in incentive funds from the New York State Department of Health for 2016 communicable disease reporting performance and a $7,140 clinical-services grant for screening-related clinical services; both were appropriated to 2017 accounts.
The Office for the Aging accepted multiple targeted awards: a $6,300 award from Lifespan for an Enhanced Multidisciplinary Team to address elder abuse, neglect and exploitation (to pay a certified forensic accountant and a physician for home-visit assessments), $8,520 for the Balancing Incentive Program caregiver support fund (for ramps and bathroom modifications), $5,625 in TRIAD support funding from the Adirondack Health Institute, and a $2,184 Title IIID Health Promotion carryover to contract with Cornell Cooperative Extension for health-promotion classes.
Additionally, the Community Services director reported a $1,500 grant from the New York State Suicide Prevention Center and $4,208 in donations connected to a local suicide-prevention event; those funds were appropriated for the Franklin County Suicide Prevention Coalition. Several other small program adjustments and OPWDD rate changes were also adopted and incorporated into relevant 2017 budgets.
All grant acceptances and appropriations were approved unanimously. The meeting records indicate the County Manager and department directors will manage contracting and program implementation; specific service-level start dates were not listed in the minutes.
