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Fargo Cass Public Health proposes 3% budget increase, highlights mobile health unit and homelessness needs
Summary
Fargo Cass Public Health presented a proposed 3% increase for 2027 to $1,285,893 covering nursing, WIC, environmental health and the mobile health unit, and highlighted rising immunization hesitancy and newly emergent homelessness among older adults.
Fargo Cass Public Health (speaker 17) presented the agency—s 2026 expense summary and a proposed 3% increase for 2027, totaling $1,285,893.
The presenter reviewed major line items for county funding: nursing ($300,000), maternal-child health ($22,000), tuberculosis services ($129,000), school nursing ($51,000), environmental health ($300,000) and the Women, Infants and Children program ($105,000). The agency noted a recent mobile health unit deployment in Castleton and Kindred to increase access; the presenter said use of the unit reduces barriers to care and that mileage/maintenance were added to the 2027 proposed budget.
Public-health staff flagged trends of concern, including declining immunization coverage and growing homelessness among older adults; the presenter said partners including hospitals and clinics coordinate response plans and testing locations. Commissioners thanked staff and moved to approve the public-health budget.
