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Vigo County Health Department seeks multiple small appropriations from Health First Indiana funds
Summary
Joanie Wise of the Vigo County Health Department outlined requests to spend leftover Health First Indiana and other small fund balances on trauma prevention equipment, community wellness programs and licensing for recovery-support software; the department said recipients must sign contracts and report KPIs to the state.
Joanie (Joni) Wise, representing the Vigo County Health Department, asked the council to appropriate a series of small, previously unappropriated funds — largely from Health First Indiana (HFI)/local health maintenance and other grant accounts — for public‑health programs and equipment.
Wise said the local health maintenance account (account 1168) had been reduced to a balance of about $36,129 and that the state had asked counties to spend remaining balances from that discontinued fund. The health department proposed purchases and contracts that include trauma‑prevention devices and community programming chosen with the county EMA director and other partners.
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