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Cochise County officials urge ADHS to adjust grant formulas to help rural counties
Summary
Cochise County health officials told Arizona Department of Health Services visitors that population-based grant formulas disadvantage rural counties and pressed for state help on workforce development and cross-border certification.
Cochise County health officials told visiting representatives from the Arizona Department of Health Services on Dec. 6 that state grant formulas based strictly on population leave rural counties underfunded and hamper local public-health work.
The comment came during a site visit by ADHS leadership, who met with Cochise County Health and Social Services staff and Board of Health members. Mike Hilleth, deputy health director for Cochise County, summarized the meeting and said the county pressed ADHS on funding distribution and workforce challenges.
"The primary things that we talked about were obviously internal…
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