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Will County health officials ask finance committee for $1 million to retain public-health staff
Summary
Health department leaders and clinicians asked Will County Finance Committee members during public comment to approve $1,000,000 in county support to keep 11 core public‑health positions funded after ARPA and other grants expire, warning cuts would reduce immunization, maternal‑child and HIV/STI services.
Elizabeth Balatta, executive director of the Will County Health Department, asked the county Finance Committee during public comment for $1,000,000 in county funding to retain core public‑health positions whose grant or ARPA funding is ending.
Balatta said the department provides local delivery of environmental health, communicable‑disease and maternal‑child services and that recent grant reductions threaten the department’s ability to maintain current service levels. “I am here respectfully presenting again a request for additional funding for the health department to retain several core public health positions,” Balatta told the committee.
The request matters, speakers said, because reductions would affect day‑to‑day services including school and home immunization clinics, HIV and STI prevention, and maternal‑child…
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