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Building Health director seeks county letter to support KDOT grant for care van

Cherokee County Board of Commissioners · October 21, 2024
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Summary

Becky Gray of Building Health Inc. asked the Cherokee County Board to sign a letter of support for a KDOT grant to fund a care van used by Community Health Center clients; the Board expressed support and asked her to forward a draft to the County Clerk.

Becky Gray, director of Building Health Inc., explained that Building Health is a nonprofit subsidiary of the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas and described the care van's services and the population that relies on it. Gray said she was applying for a KDOT grant to fund the care van's operations and had "a letter drafted that she could provide them if they were willing to sign it."

The Board indicated support for the request and asked Gray to forward the draft letter to the County Clerk so officials could sign and include the county's endorsement with the grant application. No formal motion was recorded; the conversation concluded with staff-direction to file the draft with the clerk.