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Dolores County board reviews WIC services and intergovernmental agreement with La Plata and Montezuma counties
Summary
County staff described WIC service arrangements with La Plata County, warned the state has discussed centralizing WIC, and noted the current IGA expires in June next year; staff will review renewal and potential carve-outs with Montezuma County.
Dolores County Board of Health members and staff spent part of their March 16 meeting reviewing the county’s Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) service arrangements and an intergovernmental agreement that provides high-risk case support through La Plata County.
A staff member outlined the services La Plata provides under the IGA: monthly contact with a WIC educator, part-time dietitian support, virtual check-ins with Dolores staff, quarterly nutrition education follow-up, annual optional in-person visits, fiscal-compliance assistance and support for state monitoring and outreach. The staff member said the IGA currently includes training, file-retention and policy-communication support and that La Plata also receives a portion of state WIC funds under the arrangement.
Staff said the county’s WIC caseload has grown to about 75 clients from much smaller numbers previously, which they said strengthens the case for keeping local services. A staff speaker also told the board that state officials had previously warned the counties that the state might centralize WIC services, saying ‘‘it was only a matter of time before the entire WIC program was gonna be taken out of the hands of the counties.’’
Board members asked staff to review the IGA; one board member noted the current service agreement appears to expire in June of next year and asked that renewal or any necessary carve-outs be placed on the calendar for discussion once the new public health director is settled.
No formal vote was taken on the IGA during the meeting; board members said they will wait for Montezuma County to return with final language on carve-outs and vaccine-program funding before making further decisions.
