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Yuma County OKs contingency funding for WIC infant food benefits during federal shutdown
Summary
The Yuma County Public Health Services District board on Oct. 13 authorized the health services director to sign an agreement with the Arizona Department of Health Services to fund WIC infant food benefits if federal funding lapses.
The Yuma County Public Health Services District board on Oct. 13 authorized the health services director to sign an agreement with the Arizona Department of Health Services to provide Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) infant food benefits if federal funding lapses during a government shutdown.
Diana Gomez, director of public health, told the board the contingency is limited to food benefits for infants under 1 year of age already enrolled in the county’s WIC program and is based on August caseload data. Gomez said the request does not fund diapers or other nonfood items and does not include payroll for WIC staff, which would stop on a later date if the shutdown continued.
The board voted to authorize the agreement “in an amount not to exceed $1,302,308.84” for the period Oct. 27, 2025, through…
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