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Public health warns WIC and COVID funding uncertainty will shift costs to county
Summary
The public health nurse told commissioners May 8 that WIC funding and COVID immunization money are uncertain for FY26; COVID funding will end and WIC allocations are still undecided, potentially reducing grant support for staff and shifting costs to the general fund.
Ravalli County’s public health nurse presented the department’s FY26 preliminary budget May 8 and warned commissioners that uncertainty in grant funding—particularly WIC and COVID immunization money—could shift staffing costs to the county general fund.
The presenter said COVID-related immunization funding the department expected for an additional year will not continue in the same form and that WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) allocations typically run Oct. 1–Sept. 30; the…
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