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Butte County public health warns of staff impacts after unexpected federal ELC funding termination
Summary
County public health leaders said an Early Local Health (ELC) COVID funding stream was terminated effective immediately, affecting about 6.5 FTEs; the county is monitoring a lawsuit and a temporary restraining order and is evaluating use of realignment funds to preserve services.
County public health officials told the Board of Supervisors on April 8 that an unexpected termination of supplemental federal ELC COVID funding will reduce resources that had been used to expand lab and disease-investigation capacity.
Monica Soderstrom, Butte County public health director, said the ELC funding supported the equivalent of about 6.5 full‑time equivalents that had been added or supplemented during the COVID response.…
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