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Peoria County health department outlines priorities, flags possible emergency-preparedness grant cuts
Summary
Monica Henderson of the Peoria County health department updated the committee on a countywide community health assessment, the selection of multi‑year health priorities, grant funding status and measles preparedness; staff expect cuts to some emergency-preparedness grants and plan further coordination with city and county partners.
Monica Henderson, Health Department staff, told the Peoria County committee that the department is completing stakeholder meetings to set county health priorities and will develop a three‑year improvement plan that would go into effect Jan. 1, 2026.
The work, Henderson said, builds on routine community health assessments required of local health departments and on collaboration with hospital systems and neighboring counties to align resources and scoring. "Those scores along with our neighboring counties and our hospitals will be consolidated together and we'll have one aggregate score for what we all focus on," she said.
Henderson said the department is primarily grant funded and is…
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