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Butte-Silver Bow health director outlines services, grant dependence and staffing shortages
Summary
Health Officer Karen Malogni told the commission the county health department runs environmental and clinical programs — from food safety and sanitation to syringe services, WIC, family planning and a developing crisis-response model — and that more than half the staff are grant funded.
Karen Malogni, health officer for Butte-Silver Bow County, gave a comprehensive overview of the health department’s programs, staffing and near-term concerns during the study commission’s interview.
Malogni said the department runs two main divisions: environmental health (food safety, public‑pool inspections, on‑site wastewater and land‑sanitation reviews, air-monitoring and mosquito control) and health services (WIC, family planning, Ryan White HIV services, harm reduction and communicable-disease surveillance). “My statutory duties are listed in MCA 50‑2‑118,” she said, citing the state law that defines public-health officers’ responsibilities.
Why it matters: the county health department directly manages services that affect community…
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