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Reno County unanimously authorizes temporary funding to keep WIC staff during federal delay
Summary
Commissioners authorized the health department to use county health fund resources to cover WIC staff costs after state and federal allocations were delayed, a move meant to maintain services for roughly 1,400 participants while federal food dollars remain uncertain.
Reno County commissioners voted unanimously to let the county health department use local health fund resources to cover Women, Infants and Children (WIC) staff costs after state and federal benefit allocations were delayed.
Heather Peterson, Reno County WIC coordinator, told the board that Reno WIC serves more than 1,400 participants monthly and that approximately $1 million in WIC benefits are redeemed each year at six county vendors. "So we are asking the commissioners to…
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