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Buncombe County -- April 12, 2022a; On Tuesday, April 5, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners approved funding to bolster the County's cybersecurity program, accepted grant funding to improve public health outcomes for justice-involved individuals, and authorized financing improvements to the Asheville Regional Airport with the proceeds of tax-exempt bonds.
The $445,000 grant from Dogwood Health Trust will fund the collaborative Justice Services and Public Health program to improve public health outcomes for those who have been involved in the justice system for a year. This award expands capacity to connect persons released from local detention and correctional facilities to care and re-entry services through contracts with RHA Health Services and Sunrise Community for Recovery and Wellness, which builds on existing structures and service delivery methods. The grant was sought for for the first time in 2020.
"Individuals reentering the community from detention are vulnerable, especially when they do not have the resources and support needed to re-establish stability," said Justice Services Director Tiffany Iheanacho. "Through the collaborative efforts of the County, RHA Health Services, and Sunrise Community and Wellness, we are able to provide resources and services to clients, including housing support, mental health treatment, and employment opportunities. The goal of this collaborative work is to reduce recidivism and increase public safety.”
Revenue bonds worth up to $275 million will be used for capital enhancements at the Asheville Regional Airport after the resolution allowing their financing was approved. The Internal Revenue Code only requires the airport authority to provide public notice, and this satisfies that obligation. Learn more about the resolution authorizing improvement funding.
The funds will allow County staff to acquire services, applications, and tools to provide 24/7 network monitoring of malicious and suspicious activity, advanced threat detection, dark-web monitoring for compromised County data, and application vulnerability scanning, thanks to the Board's approval of $225,197 to augment and strengthen the County's cybersecurity program. "Buncombe County residents trust our company with their data, and we deliver important services," IT Director Eric Grau underlined the value of this investment. All of these services, from fire and police to garbage collection and our public health department, include sensitive data. All of these things require technology, and if ransomware infects our network, those services must be shut down. We've seen similar things happen in municipal administrations, and the recovery can be extraordinarily costly and time-consuming."
