THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, FEbRuARy 16, 2024 Page 9 Major County Sheriffs of America names Koutoujian Sheriff of the Year 425r Broadway, Saugus Located adjacent to Kohls Plaza Route 1 South in Saugus at the intersection of Walnut Street We are on MBTA Bus Route 429 781-231-1111 Middlesex Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian (second from right) was given the 2023 Major County Sheriff s of America (MCSA) Sheriff of the Year award in Washington, D.C., on Friday, February 9. Pictured with Sheriff Koutoujian, from left to right, are Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, Motorola Solutions Vice President Frank Galvin, MCSA President Bill Brown and MCSA Immediate Past President Dennis Lemma. (Courtesy photo) iddlesex Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian has been named the 2023 Sheriff of the Year by the Major County Sheriff s of America (MCSA). The award was presented to Sheriff Koutoujian during MCSA’s Winter Conference in Washington, D.C., on Friday, February 9, 2024. MCSA’s Sheriff of the Year award is named after late Orange County (CA) Sheriff – and former MCSA President – Sandra Hutchens, who passed away in 2021. In bestowing the award, new MCSA President – and Santa Barbara County (California) Sheriff – Bill Brown recognized Sheriff Koutoujian for his focus on employee wellness, and the innovative correctional programming M he has implemented for incarcerated military veterans, emerging adults, those with substance use disorders, and much more. President Brown also lauded Sheriff Koutoujian for his service as MCSA President from February 2020– 2022. During his tenure, Sheriff Koutoujian worked with two presidential administrations and helped grow MCSA membership by 15 percent while simultaneously increasing the diversity of the membership, and he led the organization’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “As a professional, there is no greater honor than to be recognized by your peers – inspiring leaders who I truly admire,” said Sheriff Koutoujian. “As a MCSA member, I have had the incredible opportunity to work alongside some of the most highly regarded corrections and law enforcement leaders on the most pressing issues facing our country. These men and women are dedicated to serving their communities and I am truly proud to count them as friends and colleagues.” In addition to his work with MCSA, Sheriff Koutoujian is a past president of the Massachusetts Sheriffs’ Association and a founding member of Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime and Incarceration. He was also recently elected vice chair of The Council of State Governments Justice Center’s Advisory Board. FEMA awards almost $6.8M to Cambridge Health Alliance for COVID staffi ng costs T he Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be sending nearly $6.8 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) – also known as the Cambridge Public Health Commission – for the cost of contracting for additional staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. The $6,767,102 in Public Assistance grants will reimburse CHA, a health network affi liated with Harvard Medical School and serving communities north of Boston, for the cost of contracting for temporary staff to respond to the surge in patents caused by the pandemic between July 2021 and March 2022. During that time CHA increased staff - ing by contracting with several companies for additional staff in inpatient and surgical units, intensive care units, emergency departments, respiratory clinics, pharmacies and laboratories. “FEMA is pleased to be able to assist Cambridge Health Alliance with these costs,” said FEMA Region 1 Regional Administrator Lori Ehrlich. “Reimbursing state, county, and municipal governments – as well as eligible non-profits and tribal entities – for the costs incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic is an important part of our nation’s ongoing recovery.” FEMA’s Public Assistance program is an essential source of funding for states and communities recovering from a federally declared disaster or emergency. So far, FEMA has provided more than $2.7 billion in Public Assistance grants to Massachusetts to reimburse the Commonwealth for pandemic-related expenses. 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