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Cheyenne County Health Department secures $23,002.23 in KDHE grants; board signs approvals
Summary
The Cheyenne County board approved KDHE public-health grants totaling $23,002.23 for immunizations, emergency preparedness and a state formula grant; the grants require signatures and do not require local matches.
A Cheyenne County Health Department representative presented three Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) local-health grants and the commissioners approved the applications and signing of the awards totaling $23,002.23.
Speaker 6, a Cheyenne County health department representative, told the board the grants cover immunizations, emergency preparedness and a state formula grant and that “my total is $23,002.23 is what I, need to have the local board of health… sign off on those.” The speaker confirmed the awards require quarterly reporting to KDHE and that there are no local matching funds required.
The health department representative said the department is audited quarterly by KDHE, that grant funding has helped purchase equipment (excluding computers) and supplement salaries, and that the department is separately working on a workforce-development grant with about $40,000 remaining from an earlier award.
Board members approved the grants by voice vote; meeting audio records indicate a general “aye” response and staff were asked to sign and date the forms. No roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript.
Speaker 6 asked the board to sign two documents; commissioners responded affirmatively and directed staff to sign and date both application forms. The board did not set aside local funds for the grants because the KDHE items were described as no-match awards.
The county health representative offered to meet with the board more frequently if commissioners wanted additional updates on how the grants are used.
