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Durham County Public Health warns of federal grant cuts, requests $27.97 million for 2025–26
Summary
Public Health Director Rod Jenkins asked commissioners to support a 9.3% budget increase driven by personnel and operating costs, while detailing looming federal and state grant reductions that could force cuts to testing, nutrition education and tobacco prevention programs.
Durham County Public Health Director Rod Jenkins told the county’s Board of Commissioners on Tuesday that the department is requesting $27,967,434 for fiscal year 2025–26, an increase reflecting personnel and operating cost growth and the winding down of pandemic-era grants.
Jenkins outlined both recurring needs and short-term revenue shifts, and he cautioned that recent federal and state actions and proposed cuts could force reductions in core public-health services. "We strive to spend, no less than 90% of our county funding, year over year," Jenkins said as he described how federal COVID-era grants had temporarily inflated program capacity and how those funds are sunsetting.
Public health leaders identified about $3.15 million in net changes to their budget request, including roughly $1.9 million in personnel costs and $1.2…
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