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Eau Claire City-County Health Department outlines programs, funding pressures and testing gaps
Summary
City-county public health officials presented the department's annual report, highlighting programs for maternal and child health, WIC enrollment, environmental testing and concerns about recent federal grant cuts and limited state funding for communicable disease work.
The City-County Health Department presented its 2024 annual report to the Eau Claire County Board on April 2, detailing core programs, funding sources and recent grant cuts that officials say will affect services.
The presentation, by Public Health Director Lisa Giese and City-County Board of Health member Mark Cady, said the department has a $7,700,000 budget for the year and receives slightly more than a third of its funding from the county and city tax levy, another large share from federal and state grants, and fees for services.
"We get $7,000 annually from the state of Wisconsin for our communicable disease program," Giese said, stressing that Wisconsin provides much less state public-health funding than other states. That low state support, she said, increases reliance on federal grants and local levy funding.
Giese said the department focuses on prevention and population health rather than clinical care. Examples cited included…
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