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Okaloosa health department absorbs Healthy Start program, seeks $35,000 to cover permit cycle deficit
Summary
Okaloosa County health department told commissioners July 22 it took over the Healthy Start program from a coalition and will request a $35,000 increase to cover permitting cycle timing after absorbing environmental health services including body‑art permitting.
Beth Smith, administrator of the Okaloosa County Health Department, told the Board of County Commissioners on July 22 that the department has assumed the Healthy Start program after the program’s prior service provider did not renew its contract.
Smith said the health department combined Healthy Start with its Women, Infants and Children (WIC) services and that the transition has proceeded smoothly. She also reported that responsibility for the county’s septic program moved to the Department of…
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