{"id":37367,"date":"2024-05-21T14:59:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T18:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/?p=37367"},"modified":"2024-05-21T14:59:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T18:59:59","slug":"warren-county-board-of-supervisors-receives-dorothea-dix-community-service-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2024\/05\/warren-county-board-of-supervisors-receives-dorothea-dix-community-service-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Warren County Board Of Supervisors Receives Dorothea Dix Community Service Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37368\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37368\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-37368\" src=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2024\/05\/warren-co-supervisors-h-1024x723.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2024\/05\/warren-co-supervisors-h-1024x723.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2024\/05\/warren-co-supervisors-h-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2024\/05\/warren-co-supervisors-h-768x542.png 768w, https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2024\/05\/warren-co-supervisors-h.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Warren County supervisors display the Dorothea Dix Community Services Award they received recently from Ascend Mental Wellness.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Members of the Warren County Board of Supervisors were honored May 9 with the Dorothea Dix Community Service Award from Ascend Mental Wellness for dedicating nearly $1.1 million to local mental health care improvements.<\/p>\n<p>The award honored the board for the allocation of money from Warren County\u2019s share of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to nine different initiatives, including expansion of Glens Falls Hospital\u2019s Crisis Unit, funding of new staff for WAIT House and Ascend Mental Wellness, expansion of employee assistance programs and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Warren County Board of Supervisors is honored to receive the Dorothea Dix Award for Community Service from Ascend Mental Wellness. The need for improved mental health care in Warren County was a constant theme throughout the discussions of how to allocate Warren County\u2019s share of American Rescue Plan Act funding, and we are already seeing that this funding is making a difference in the community through a variety of programs being offered by our partners around Warren County. We know this money will not solve every problem within our mental health care system, but we are gratified to see that it is helping,\u201d said Kevin Geraghty, chairman of the Warren County Board of Supervisors.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><!--more--><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>An advisory committee created by the board to help appropriate ARPA funding recommended that the board dedicate resources to mental health programs, and Warren County Office of Community Services vetted applications before choosing where to allocate the $1.1 million that was put aside<\/p>\n<p>Supervisors Ben Driscoll and Nancy Turner from Glens Falls, Debra Runyon from Thurman and Nathan Etu from Queensbury received the award at Ascend\u2019s annual Community Awards function, which was held at Cool Insuring Arena\u2019s Heritage Hall. Warren County Administrator John Taflan and Robert York, Warren County director of community services, attended as well.<\/p>\n<p>Andrea Deepe, executive director of Ascend, which was formerly known as Warren-Washington Association for Mental Health, thanked supervisors for their decision to fund enhanced mental health assistance, which she explained has had a significant impact in the community.<\/p>\n<p>WAIT House, which provides assistance such as housing and services for homeless youth, received the Walter P. Reichert Award from Ascend Mental Wellness, which recognizes an individual, group or agency within the local mental health community that has significantly contributed to the promotion, development and\/or betterment of mental health within Warren and Washington counties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Warren County Board of Supervisors were honored May 9 with the Dorothea Dix Community Service Award from Ascend Mental Wellness for dedicating nearly $1.1 million to local mental health care improvements. The award honored the board for the allocation of money from Warren County\u2019s share of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":37368,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education-training"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Warren County Board Of Supervisors Receives Dorothea Dix Community Service Award - Glens Falls Business Journal<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2024\/05\/warren-county-board-of-supervisors-receives-dorothea-dix-community-service-award\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Warren County Board Of Supervisors Receives Dorothea Dix Community Service Award - Glens Falls Business Journal\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Members of the Warren County Board of Supervisors were honored May 9 with the Dorothea Dix Community Service Award from Ascend Mental Wellness for dedicating nearly $1.1 million to local mental health care improvements. 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