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Panhandle Health presents FY26 budget to Kootenai County; county ask unchanged
Summary
Panhandle Health District officials reviewed a FY2026 budget with Kootenai County commissioners, saying the district is holding the county funding request steady while projecting modest internal cost increases and shifting use of opioid settlement funds.
Panhandle Health District representatives Eric Kettner and Christine Crummer presented the district's proposed fiscal year 2026 budget to the Kootenai County Board of Commissioners on April 22, 2025, saying the county funding request remains unchanged from the prior year.
The budget matters because Panhandle Health provides environmental health, food and childcare inspections, maternal home‑visiting and other services to five northern Idaho counties, with the primary office and largest service population in Kootenai County. Christine Crummer said the district is not increasing its county ask: "we're not asking for any more funding than we did in the last year." The presentation outlined program changes driven by shifting state and federal priorities and by anticipated federal budget adjustments.
Kettner told commissioners about…
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