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Saturday, October 20, 2018

Steuben Legislature to look at gap funding for Prevention Coalition

BATH – The Steuben County Legislature will review funding support for the Steuben Prevention Coalition through the remainder of the year after federal grant funding fell through. Legislators will be asked when they meet in regular session at 10 a.m. Monday to approve a gap of $5,681 left after coalition officials were recently notified they would not receive the federal Drug Free Communities Grant. The coalition is instrumental in drug preventative outreach to youth in Steuben and conducting studies showing the effectiveness of their efforts. In turn, those studies are used by other agencies to plan programs and access services, according to county Office of Community Services Director Dr. Hank Chapman. Catholic Charities has pledged gap funding of $10,000 supplement the county’s contribution, which will be paid through the county contingency funds. The funding was approved earlier this month by the county Legislature’s Human Services Health and Education, and Finance committees. Coalition Assistant Program Coordinator Colleen Banik said the agency has developed a sustainability budget and is working with other agencies to fund specific programs. Other agenda items include:

 · Designating the County of Steuben as Lead Agency for environmental studies needed to acquire land next to the county landfill.

 · Designating the Steuben County Conference and Visitors’ Bureau as the Official Tourism Promotion Agency for the County of Steuben.

· Setting times and places for the 2018 Budget message and a public hearing on the tentative 2018 budget.