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Health department seeks up to $143,000 contract to modernize food‑program database
Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners · April 21, 2026
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Summary
Health and Human Services proposed a GovPath contract to replace a 2005 Access database used for the county food program, integrate it into Accela, and improve application and payment workflows; staff said the department received a $200,000 grant that can cover the work and training.
Gina James of Health and Human Services told the board the county’s food‑program database runs on an unsupported Access system from 2005 and frequently crashes. “We looked at what our needs are and identified updating our database system for our food program,” James…
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