Montgomery County Coroner’s Office awarded with $160K grant from U.S Department of Justice

MONTGOMERY COUNTY — Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown announced that the U.S Department of Justice has awarded a $163,227 grant to the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office

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The grant was part of the “Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System” program, according to a release from Brown’s office.

The funds will allow the MCCO to hire a fellow to help perform forensic postmortem examinations, according to the release.

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“As the forensic medicine field continues to experience shortages, we need to ensure that funding is provided to support the hard-working individuals in the medical examiner workforce,” said Brown.

The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office provides autopsy services to 36 counties in Ohio and one county in Indiana.

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