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Grand Forks County agrees to house WIC program as new county department, effective Oct. 1, contingent on federal award
Summary
The Grand Forks County Commission voted 4-1 to create a county department to operate the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program, effective Oct. 1, contingent on the federal notice of award and legal review.
The Grand Forks County Commission voted 4-1 to establish the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program as a new county department, contingent on receipt of the federal notice of award from the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services and final review by the county's state's attorney. The county set an effective date of Oct. 1 for the transition.
Administrator Ford told the commission the WIC program would be "100% federally funded program" and that WIC employees and the WIC director would become county employees while the funding would be provided by the federal grant. He said the county would not use the general fund…
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