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Harvey County health official warns WIC staffing could be strained if federal funding pause continues
Summary
Lynette Reddington, director of the Harvey County Health Department, told the board that WIC has funding for benefits through Oct. 31 but that funds for staff have been held amid the federal shutdown, leaving the department to rely on a $6,000 allotment and indirect funds to cover payroll.
Lynette Reddington, director of the Harvey County Health Department, told the Harvey County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 14 that the county’s Women, Infants and Children (WIC) nutrition program currently has benefit funding through Oct. 31 but that funds paying WIC staff have been held during the federal government shutdown.
“We did get a small allotment of about $6,000. That is not enough to cover our staff that we have for the WIC program,”…
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