Public Health staff presented a package of grant awards and corresponding project‑funded personnel requests. Staff emphasized that the grants are externally funded and that the department moved the positions to project‑funded designations following March feedback from the Board.

Highlights presented by health staff included:
- A two‑year award from the state Internet/Portal authority to support data infrastructure work and one project‑funded position to manage that work.
- OPHP foundational funding to convert two part‑time health positions (an enrollment specialist and a registered dietitian supervisor) to full‑time funded roles; the department said federal/state support for OPHP is expected to continue and that the positions are already in place as part‑time staff that the grant can sustainably fund.
- A Social Health Information Exchange grant (CMS pass‑through) to develop a cloud‑based referral and client navigation system for people exiting incarceration; the award includes five project‑funded FTE (three community health workers, one health informaticist and one application program analyst) and runs through June 2028.

Staff said all positions tied to these awards are grant‑funded with no general fund impact. Commissioners and staff discussed project designation, the sustainability of grant funding, and the expectation that Health will return with any off‑cycle funding requests if grant terms change. Staff also noted smaller grants for healthy brain initiatives, tobacco control, food systems planning and tax‑site supports that do not require new personnel authority.

Ending: Health staff asked the Board to approve the project‑funded positions so the department can proceed with hiring and contract execution; staff said they would return if any grant funding assumptions change.