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Public health funding shortfalls and potential layoffs draw community concern at Kern County budget hearing
Summary
County staff told supervisors a CDPH stop-work notice and federal legislative changes could cost the county millions in public health funding; residents and county employees urged the board to avoid layoffs and use reserves.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — County staff told the Kern County Board of Supervisors on July 28 that public health programs face immediate revenue risks after a stop-work notice tied to federal CDC funding and larger federal legislative changes, prompting several public speakers to urge the board not to cut services or lay off staff.
Elsa Martinez, speaking for the County Administrative Office, said the California Department of Public Health received a federal "stop work order" effective March 23 that "impacted multiple CDC funding streams" and that the county's public health department identified about $10,500,000 in revenue losses connected to that action. Martinez said an additional $2,000,000 in already-obligated but unreimbursed funds are…
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