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Health department outlines revised HHS funding priorities and three allocation scenarios
Summary
Teton County health officials presented changes to the joint town–county health and human services allocation process — including moving violence/abuse/neglect to top priority, removing housing from priority 1, and three quantitative funding scenarios — and called for a community needs assessment and governance review before finalizing awards.
Dr. Riddell, director of the Teton County Health Department, told a joint county commission and Town of Jackson council meeting that the department has taken over administration of the county side of the county–town health and human services funding program and proposes several changes to how grant requests are prioritized and allocated.
The presentation traced the program to a 2017 systems-of-care map and a 2020 allocation plan that established priority categories and suggested proportional funding. “This is a program that has been in place for many years,” Dr. Riddell said, describing the map and the 2020 framework and noting that the department’s analysis shows existing spending patterns do not always match the plan’s priority buckets.
Why it matters: the department recommended shifting limited dollars toward the service areas the community has identified as most urgent. The key changes proposed this year are moving violence, abuse and…
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