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Dolores County recognizes social‑services director with humanitarian award nomination
Summary
At the Dec. 8 meeting commissioners read a nomination recognizing Melinda Evans (listed in the record as Linda/Melinda) for regional leadership in social services, grant work and collaboration; the presentation noted a regional $650,000 behavioral health grant she helped secure.
Commissioners paused Dec. 8 to hear a nomination read for the Tracy Garcher (Tracy Gerard) Humanitarian Award honoring Melinda Evans, identified in the record as the county’s first director of social services. The nomination recounted Evans’s role building the county department, coordinating with regional partners, chairing an inter‑agency oversight group and leading or contributing to regional grants, including a $650,000 behavioral‑health proposal that the region was later awarded.
The written nomination credited Evans with creating local processes, hiring staff to manage large grants and initiating a joint strategic planning effort with neighboring counties. Commissioners and staff congratulated Evans and noted the award’s local significance.
The reading of the nomination was a celebratory, non‑action item during the workshop; no formal board action was required on the award nomination at this meeting.
