Stickle
LIBERTY – Sullivan County Division of Health and Family Services Commissioner Joseph Todora announced the appointment of Melissa Stickle as director of the county Department of Community Services.
She will take over from Todora. He will continue to serve as commissioner of the Division of Health and Family services, overseeing the Office for the Aging; the Youth Bureau; Public Health Services; the Care Center at Sunset Lake; the Department of Community Services; and Health and Family Services, which includes Child Protective Services, Medicare, Food Stamps and Public Assistance, the Fraud Unit, Child Support and SNAP.
Stickle has worked with the county for 18 years. “Her knowledge of the needs of our most vulnerable constituents – and her compassion for them – makes her an ideal director of Community Services, and we are proud to have her in that important position,” said County Legislature Nadia Rajsz, chairwoman of the Health and Family Services Committee.
Stickle has been the deputy director of the Department of Community Services and has worked with Todora for over 15 years. She is a licensed clinical social worker and a credentialed alcoholism and substance abuse counselor.
