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Yuma County health director outlines services and warns of grant uncertainty
Summary
Public Health Director Diane Gomez told the Board of Supervisors on March 24 that the county’s health department provides wide-ranging services — from WIC and immunizations to fatality reviews and cooling centers — and that roughly 40% of programming relies on federal grants that may be unstable, potentially forcing program cuts or fee increases.
Diane Gomez, director of the Yuma County Public Health Service District, gave the board an overview of the department’s programs on March 24, emphasizing both routine services and less-visible operations that support county residents. Gomez said the department handles birth and death certificates, WIC nutrition services, maternal-child programs (including Health Start), infectious-disease surveillance and response, opioid and suicide fatality reviews, environmental-health inspections and vector control, and emergency preparedness and medical reserve corps support.
Gomez told supervisors that the…
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