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Health and Human Services outlines services, warns federal cuts could shrink county programs
Summary
Coconino County Health and Human Services reported a roughly $33 million FY25 operating budget, warned about grant stop‑orders and potential federal cuts, and asked the board to sustain a small grants‑coordination and vehicle/software budget to preserve core services.
Coconino County Health and Human Services (HHS) presented a broad summary of programs and a budget outlook to the Board of Supervisors on May 6, telling supervisors the department is heavily dependent on external grants and that proposed federal funding cuts could force service reductions.
“Approximately 47% of our funding comes from external sources,” HHS director Michelle Oxland told the board. Oxland said the department’s operating budget for the current fiscal year is roughly $33 million and that the recommended FY26 request under county management is “a little over $25 million” because several grant awards and reimbursements that supported programming are no longer certain.
The department described program areas that serve seniors, families and rural residents: Meals on Wheels (20,000 meals in FY25), a diaper distribution program delivering more than 100,000 diapers to date, a growing WIC caseload, forensic interviewing for children, HIV/communicable‑disease work, teen‑pregnancy prevention and a clinic that has brought billing…
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