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Rolette County public‑health director warns state aid shortfall is straining services
Summary
Rolette County Public Health described severe funding limits, restricted mill levy revenue and reliance on small grants to sustain immunizations, maternal‑child programs and a Medicaid Health Tracks program that the county says helps hundreds of children.
BISMARCK — Barbara Fradland, administrator for Rolette County Public Health, told the Human Resources Division that state aid and local tax caps leave highly impoverished counties without flexible funding to meet basic public‑health needs, and she urged the committee to maintain or increase state aid.
Why it matters: Local public health agencies use state aid and local mill levies for the only flexible revenue to respond to local priorities. Fradland said Rolette County’s mill levy cap and large areas of non‑taxable tribal land limit…
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