lharris@heraldstaronline.com
STEUBENVILLE The Jefferson County Health District is looking for county help coming up with the final $50,000 needed for its new Wellness on Wheels project.
At Thursday’s meeting of the county commissioners, Health Commissioner Andrew Henry said they’d secured an $85,000 grant from the J.C. Williams Trust in August for the mobile medical unit, and also allocated about $40,000 in COVID-19 funding.
Henry told commissioners they need to plug the funding gap by August or return the grant money.
Wellness on Wheels would take medical services including lab testing, vaccines, wellness screenings and health promotion on the road, reaching Jefferson County residents who otherwise might not be able to access them.
lharris@heraldstaronline.com
STEUBENVILLE The Jefferson County Health District is looking for county help coming up with the final $50,000 needed for its new Wellness on Wheels project.
At Thursday’s meeting of the county commissioners, Health Commissioner Andrew Henry said they’d secured an $85,000 grant from the J.C. Williams Trust in August for the mobile medical unit, and also allocated about $40,000 in COVID-19 funding.
Henry told commissioners they need to plug the funding gap by August or return the grant money.
Wellness on Wheels would take medical services including lab testing, vaccines, wellness screenings and health promotion on the road, reaching Jefferson County residents who otherwise might not be able to access them.
agrimm@heraldstaronline.com
DISCUSSING GRANTS â Jefferson County Drug Court Coordinator Laura Trifonoff discusses the programâs receipt of funds from a Targeted Community Alternatives to Prison grant during Thursdayâs meeting of the Jefferson County Commissioners. Andrew Grimm
STEUBENVILLE Jefferson County’s drug court program, according to coordinator Laura Trifonoff, is one the state encourages other counties to look at as an example.
The Jefferson County Commissioners, Thursday, heard from Trifonoff and approved the program’s continued participation in a Targeted Community Alternatives to Prison Grant from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections Bureau of Community Sanctions.
The county program is set to receive $228,840 from the grant in the 2022-23 fiscal year. It also received funds in the 2018-19 and 2020-21 fiscal years.