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Health department loses pandemic grant funds, reallocates $30,000 for lead-testing equipment and shifts staff funding after new eligibility rules
Summary
The county health department reported a $358,679.70 grant termination tied to pandemic funding and asked to reallocate unused funds to buy an XRF lead-testing unit; it also proposed moving staff funded by a state HFI program to county funds because of new screening requirements.
The St. Joseph County Health Department told the Budget Administration Committee that a pandemic-era grant was terminated and unspent funds — $358,679.70 — were clawed back by the granting agency as of March 24.
Amy Rupi, director of finance for the Department of Health, said the grant termination required the department to reduce the appropriation amounts in fund 8952 to zero because “the money's gone.” She said the funds were tied to COVID-era programs and were reclaimed when the grantor determined the pandemic-related eligibility ended.
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