Public health director presents 2024 program summary, accepts small state grants and warns of funding uncertainties

Washington County public health staff presented an executive summary of the department’s 2024 programs at the July 30 Health and Human Services Committee meeting and received committee approval to accept two small outside awards to support training and local programming. The presentation summarized lead-screening and maternal-child services, immunization and rabies clinic activity, state aid formulas, and pending risk to federal preparedness funding.

The department asked the committee to accept $6,250 from the New York State Department of Health to host a dementia-focused training at the Sandy Hill Art Center on Sept. 4; the committee voted to accept the award. Staff also asked the committee to recognize $1,100 in revenue tied to a “conscious self management” class sponsored by an outside organization; the committee approved that measure as well. “The amount that we were awarded was $6,250,” the presenter said when outlining the dementia training…