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Committee authorizes $132,000 suicide-prevention grant application to NYS Office of Mental Health
Summary
Wyoming County Public Health Committee authorized a grant application to the New York State Office of Mental Health Suicide Prevention Center seeking at least $132,000 to build rural suicide-prevention capacity; application due May 13, 2026 if funded July 1, 2026–Dec. 31, 2028.
The public-health committee voted to authorize the chairman and the commissioner of health to submit a grant application to the New York State Office of Mental Health Suicide Prevention Center for rural suicide-prevention capacity building.
The application requests a minimum of $132,000 and, if funded, would support work effective July 1, 2026, through December 31, 2028. The application is due electronically May 13, 2026. The motion, recorded as carried, was made by Smith and passed 6–0 with one absence (McCormick).
The minutes identify the grant source and effective dates; the award is contingent on funding and will be processed through the chairman and health department if the state approves the application.
