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Navajo County public‑health director warns federal cuts have shuttered programs, cost staff and threaten local care
Summary
Navajo County Public Health Director Janelle Lynn told the Board of Supervisors that recent federal grant stop‑work orders and proposed Medicaid reductions have forced layoffs, halted programs (WIC, immunization outreach, health‑disparities work) and could reduce access to care for thousands of county residents; she urged supervisors to advocate and serve on distribution workgroups.
Janelle Lynn, Navajo County public health director, told supervisors that a series of federal stop‑work orders and restructuring actions this year have forced the county to cut programs and lay off staff, imperiling routine public‑health services and rural health‑care access.
"There are fundamental changes and continued uncertainty in public health," Lynn said during an extended presentation to the Board of Supervisors. She listed a string of federal actions she said filtered down to state and local programs — stop‑work orders on multiple grants, restructuring at Health and Human Services and the CDC, and a law she described as removing many public‑health programs — and said the net effect has been program suspensions and staff reductions.
Lynn told the board that one March 26 stop‑work order…
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