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Milwaukee Health Department: federal grant terminations put neighborhood nursing, shelter upgrades and community health worker work on hold
Summary
City health officials told the committee that federal terminations of CDC‑awarded funds have paused multiple programs — including community health workers, a neighborhood nursing pilot, and shelter isolation upgrades — and staff are pursuing alternatives while awaiting court outcomes.
A Milwaukee Health Department official, identified in the meeting as Jeff Shepinski, told the committee the department received federal and state notices terminating a set of CDC‑related grants and that the terminations have put several projects on hold.
Shepinski said one directly awarded CDC Disparities Grant had about $2,400,000 remaining through May 2026 and that those dollars were largely intended to fund community resilience projects: community health workers, a neighborhood nursing program and shelter improvements to enable isolation for people with COVID‑19 at two shelters (the Salvation Army and the…
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