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Ravalli County budget review flags public health staff shifts as WIC and grant funding wanes
Summary
During a June 23 preliminary budget review, county staff told commissioners that grant-funded public health positions are ending or shrinking, leaving the general fund to pick up about $202,000 in salaries and creating uncertainty around WIC reimbursement levels and several stipends.
Ravalli County commissioners were told June 23 that public health staffing and federal-state funding changes will push roughly $202,000 in personnel costs onto the general fund and leave some positions’ funding uncertain.
Jana, a county public-health staff member presenting the department’s preliminary numbers, said “general fund is picking up from grant funded positions that are, running out or decreased. So that budget is increasing rather significantly. It's up about a total of 202,000.” The presentation detailed how remaining grant balances, WIC reimbursement and several staffing changes were being blended across funding sources.
The nut graf: The county’s public-health budget depends on a mix of federal and state grant flows that staff said are calculated from prior-year…
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