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Health department asks county to maintain school dental funding, flags program and septic changes
Summary
Florida Department of Health in Seminole County requested continued funding for mobile health, diabetes prevention and community nutrition programs and asked for an additional $30,000 to sustain and enhance the school-based dental program as state and categorical funding decline and septic permitting transfers to DEP.
The Florida Department of Health in Seminole County presented a program-level budget update May 20 and asked commissioners to continue existing county support for mobile health, diabetes prevention and community nutrition programs and to add $30,000 to sustain and enhance the school-based dental program.
Dr. Ethan Johnson, county health department director, said state and federal categorical funds are declining, the septic permitting program is slated to move to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection in 2026, and several program areas—TB control, STD surveillance and refugee health—are seeing reduced…
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