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Public health updates: suicide-prevention outreach, insurance review and grant prospects discussed
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Summary
County staff presented a suicide-prevention initiative with the Wyoming Mining Association, reviewed health insurance plan analyses and discussed potential USDA sewer funding and partnerships for STEM and energy projects; public-health staff also reported a modest COVID uptick and staffing shortages.
Lincoln County staff used the June 7 meeting to update commissioners on prevention, insurance and grant prospects that could affect public health and regional economic development.
Brittany Ritter, a prevention specialist, described plans to partner with the Wyoming Mining Association on a suicide-prevention initiative tailored to miners and mine employees, outlined a proposed community event in Thayne for suicide awareness and said she planned outreach to the Town of Afton regarding permitting for related events.
Representatives from Sterling Insurance, including Gwen King and Dennis McCormack, reviewed the county health insurance plan, discussed a payer matrix, upcoming wellness blood draws and plan coverage details such as colonoscopy age thresholds, and presented aggregate analyses used for benefits planning. Sami Evans of Sterling participated via Zoom to explain scheduled blood draws in Kemmerer and Afton.
Public Health Nurse Madison Wilkes presented the County Health Officer Agreement, reported that COVID-19 case counts had climbed modestly, said the department remains short a nurse and noted the county has not yet received a refund for returned vaccine refrigerators.
Grant Coordinator Mary Crosby briefed commissioners on potential USDA funding options for a Star Valley sewer project (noting a $160,000 maximum on a roughly $1 million project), interest in joining Impact 307 with neighboring Uinta County, contacts for STEM/nuclear education partnerships, and possible engagement with INL about a hydrogen hub visit.