A plan to improve and expand social services in Nevada’s rural areas was presented Friday to lawmakers by The Division of Child and Family Services. Administrator Amber Howell told a joint session of the Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means Committees that includes adding four family support positions and two mental health counselors to Rural Child Welfare. That program, she said, provides services including prevention, investigation and treatment of child abuse or neglect as well as family services from initial assessment to comprehensive case management for the children, parents and caregivers. The system also handles foster care, licensing and …