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Mohave County accepts communicable disease and mobile-health grants; mobile unit use reported to be rising
Summary
The Board approved budget authority for federal public-health grants that fund communicable-disease staffing and a mobile health unit. Health director reported the mobile unit's recorded visits rose to 116 in July 2025 (from 48 in July 2024) and described outreach to rural communities.
The Mohave County Board of Supervisors approved acceptance and budgeting of federal public-health grant funds on Sept. 16 that will fund communicable-disease staff and operations for a county mobile health unit.
Why it matters: The grants increase public-health operational capacity for rural outreach and communicable-disease monitoring. Supervisors asked for usage data and raised questions about program performance, costs and whether the unit's services best meet community needs.
What staff presented
- Grant timeline and status: Director Kari Palmer said an "enhanced lab capacity" grant was awarded in December 2024 but a federal stop-work order briefly paused the award; the stop-work was…
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