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Public health: WIC to attend AllCare outreach event; county approves WIC lease move for Curry County services
Summary
Public health officials got board approval to sign a booth‑space agreement to attend an AllCare Healthy Kids outreach event and to move WIC services in Curry County into a new ODHS building in Brookings; the Curry County arrangement aims to co‑locate WIC with other state services and reduce costs.
Josephine County public‑health staff asked the board to approve two related items: authorization to sign a booth‑space agreement to attend an AllCare Healthy Kids outreach event on Saturday and approval of a lease for WIC services serving Curry County residents.
Booth agreement
Public health said the county’s WIC program will bring its WIC van and staff to AllCare’s second annual Healthy Kids event. The booth‑space agreement requires county signature; staff said no county general fund money would be used for the outreach, and personnel time would be charged to WIC or clinic funds.
Curry County WIC lease
Public health requested approval to relocate its Curry County office from space inside a pediatrician’s office to a new ODHS building in Brookings. Staff said the new space is lower cost than the existing arrangement and will colocate WIC with other services, allowing clients to access food‑stamp and Oregon Health Plan assistance in the same building. The WIC worker out of Brookings also travels monthly to Gold Beach and quarterly to Port Orford to provide services there.
Action and vote
- Motion to approve the booth‑space agreement for the AllCare outreach event: approved (Smith — Yes; Barnett — Yes; Black — Yes). - Motion to approve the Curry County WIC lease and relocation into the ODHS building: approved (Smith — Yes; Barnett — Yes; Black — Yes).
Why it matters: The outreach event aims to increase access to preventive services and enrollment assistance for children; the Curry County lease seeks to consolidate state‑funded benefits and reduce operating costs while preserving WIC service access.
