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Council previews public-health grants: Maine CDC to apply for HIV funds; city may accept redirected hospital funding
Summary
Councilors reviewed several public-health grant items: public health declined to apply for an HIV case-management grant and Maine CDC will apply statewide; Maine General Medical Center has offered to direct additional HIV client funding to the city and staff requested council authorization to accept funds retroactively. The council also previewed a two‑year Maine Cancer Foundation prevention grant at $40,000 per year.
City Manager Lehi told the council that public health had decided not to submit a standalone application for a recent HIV case-management grant and that the Maine Center for Disease Control (Maine CDC) will apply for the program on a statewide basis; she asked whether councilors would be willing to send a letter of support for Maine CDC's application.
Lehi also said that Maine General Medical Center had contacted staff offering to direct some HIV…
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