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County approves human services IGAs, EBT disbursements and secure-transport permits; public health presents communicable-disease update
Summary
Garfield County commissioners approved intergovernmental agreements to provide human-services assistance to neighboring counties, accepted monthly EBT/EBT payments, granted secure-transport permits to Mind Springs Health and received a quarterly communicable-disease briefing from county public health staff.
Garfield County commissioners on Jan. 20 approved several human-services agreements and financial disbursements while hearing a public-health quarterly update that emphasized tuberculosis prevention, respiratory virus season and an ongoing nursing-staff shortage.
Actions and agreements: The board approved an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) continuing county-provided child-support services for neighboring Pitkin County and an IGA to provide Medicaid and SNAP assistance staff support to Lake County (not to exceed $24,500). Commissioners also approved a memorandum of understanding to have Prowers County operate the county’s child-welfare and adult-protective services hotline for 2025 (estimated contract $40,100). The board accepted certification and…
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