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Kitsap public health says sudden CDC grant terminations suspend COVID vaccine funding, pause local immunization clinics
Summary
Kitsap Public Health District officials told the board that immediate CDC notices terminating pandemic-era grants halted roughly $130 million statewide and suspended local COVID vaccine funding that had been budgeted through June 2025, forcing program changes and directing residents to partner clinics.
Kitsap Public Health District officials told the board on April 3 that immediate federal actions terminating multiple pandemic-era grants have suspended the district’s COVID vaccine funding that had been expected through June 2025.
“CDC issued immediate notices terminating multiple pandemic related grants,” said Yolanda Fong, administrator for the health district, during the health officer and administrator reports. She said the federal action produced “an abrupt stoppage of approximately $130,000,000 to critical public health funding in Washington state.”
The district said the lost funds supported vaccine clinics for children and adults (two clinics a month locally), outreach and coordination with community partners, and an immunization survey planned to assess…
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