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Health Department seeks half‑time grants director and marine lab upgrades as grants drive most operations
Summary
The New Bedford Health Department on May 21 proposed a FY26 general‑fund budget of about $1.4 million and requested two targeted enhancements: funding 50% of a senior grants and finance director and $5,930 for marine lab equipment to maintain state certification.
Health Department Director Stephanie Harrington Sloan told City Councilors on May 21 that the department will present an FY26 general‑fund budget of about $1.4 million and seek two enhancements: funding 50% of a senior grants and finance director and $5,930 for marine laboratory equipment.
Sloan said roughly 90% of the department’s general fund supports salary and wages, and that the grants director position (50% city‑funded in the requested enhancement) helps secure non‑municipal funding, build grant capacity and manage grant‑supported staff. "In less than 12 months, this position has secured a little more than a half a million dollars in…
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