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Clay County Public Health presents 2025 annual update highlighting prevention, opioid response and service growth
Summary
Public Health reviewed programs and finances for 2025, reporting increased service volumes, grant-driven prevention gains (vaping and substance use declines), a new countywide opioid response team and work to modernize operations while shifting the community health board to a two-county configuration with Becker County.
Clay County Public Health gave its 2025 annual update to the Board of Commissioners, outlining program results, staffing and financial changes and a reorientation of regional partnerships.
Jessica, who opened the presentation, said the department's mission is to "assure optimal health for all Clay County residents" and described an organizational structure of seven core units. She noted that the community health board (CHB) that the county participates in transitioned from a four-county model to a two-county CHB serving Clay and Becker counties beginning in 2026 to allow a more focused approach.
Susie, adult health supervisor, said the unit supports long-term services and supports for residents with complex medical and functional needs, reporting caseload averages of about 62 clients for certain care coordination programs and roughly 1,650 Clay County clients served across…
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