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County health director outlines programs and proposes staffing trims after Health First Indiana cuts
Summary
Elkhart County Health Department presented its service portfolio to commissioners and described a major reduction in Health First Indiana funding. Leaders proposed limited staffing changes and said they had used federal and grant funding to sustain core services.
Melanie Sizemore, director of the Elkhart County Health Department, gave commissioners a program‑by‑program briefing Sept. 11 and said recent reductions in Health First Indiana (HFI) funding required the department to tighten operations.
Sizemore said Health First Indiana funding for the county dropped by roughly 74%, from about $5 million previously to $1.3 million under current allocations. “We got about a 74% cut. So we went from getting about $5,000,000 to 1.3,” she told commissioners.
What the department does: Sizemore reviewed core clinical and environmental services the health department provides, including WIC (the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children), communicable‑disease case reporting,…
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