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Dane County supervisor introduces amendment to cut funding for two reproductive health nurse navigator positions
Summary
Supervisor introduced an amendment to remove funding for two nurse navigator positions in Public Health Madison & Dane County, returning $180,500 to the budget. Staff described the program’s services and demand; supervisors debated the amendment’s moral and public-health implications. No vote was held.
Supervisor Wagon introduced a budget amendment on Oct. 27, 2025, that would remove funding for two reproductive health nurse navigator positions in Public Health Madison and Dane County, returning $180,500 to the county budget.
The amendment prompted extended discussion about what the nurse navigators do, who they serve and whether other providers could absorb their work. Sarah Hughes, maternal child health supervisor at Public Health Madison and Dane County, told the committee the two positions are the only nursing roles in the reproductive health navigator program and that the program began in June 2023. "So far in 2025, we've had 141 individual encounters," Hughes said, and she said the program is on pace for its busiest year yet. She said nearly half of…
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