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Black Hawk County public health outlines workforce plan, cancer focus and mobile clinic as 2026 priorities
Summary
Black Hawk County Public Health presented a 2025 year-in-review to the Board of Supervisors, highlighted staffing and funding changes, detailed new programs including a mobile clinic, and asked the county to back three advocacy priorities for 2026: strengthen local public health, address rising cancer rates and expand access to affordable care.
Public Health Director (Speaker 12) presented a year-in-review to the Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 16, framing 2025 as a year of organizational change and service expansion while asking the board to support three advocacy priorities for 2026.
"We have 58 employees over 5 different program areas," the director said, summarizing staffing and structural updates that accompanied a renewed mission and core values aligned with the county. The department reported several program milestones in 2025: record informing completion rates for newly‑eligible Medicaid families, a record number of developmental referrals for children 0–5 (275 referrals), expansion of colorectal and breast cancer screening…
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