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Local clinics, domestic-violence and housing groups ask Dodge County to maintain or boost support
Summary
Four nonprofits — Rock River Community Clinic, PAVE, Church Health Services and Central Wisconsin Community Action Coalition — presented to the Dodge County Human Services Board asking for continued or increased county support for health care, domestic-violence response and housing programs.
Olivia Nichols, executive director of Rock River Community Clinic, told the Dodge County Human Services Board that the federally qualified health center lookalike is moving into Watertown and into Dodge County and asked the county to increase its annual support from $7,000 to $10,000 to reflect the new location and expanded services.
“The new location is right across the street from Watertown Regional Medical Center,” Nichols said, adding that the clinic’s lookalike status means it meets HRSA regulations and can access higher Medicaid reimbursement and loan forgiveness programs for providers. Nichols said the clinic has doubled its square footage, added removable dentures and partials to dental services and is expanding behavioral health care focused on youth.
Emily Shire of PAVE told the board the organization’s lethality assessment program (LAP), which pairs law enforcement with immediate victim outreach, has been a critical crisis response in Dodge County. She described one May LAP referral involving a person tenting in a county park who was sheltered at PAVE’s secure facility during a tornado.
“I’m positive that one of the reasons of that is that…
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