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Health department invited back for $500,000 community health worker grant; WIC changes noted
Summary
Staff said UW Extension and Stonehouse Counseling Services invited the department to a second-round application for a $500,000, three-year community health worker grant to work with counselors and law enforcement; staff also summarized WIC vendor modernization and food-package changes.
The director told the board the county was invited back to the second round of a community health worker grant application with UW Extension and Stonehouse Counseling Services. "It is $500,000 over the course of 3 years," she said, and described plans to collaborate with counselors, human services and local law enforcement if the grant is awarded.
Staff also summarized a WIC program update: the WIC six-month closeout occurred and staff are working on vendor modernization to allow SNAP usage alongside WIC benefits, noting challenges with Amish vendors and electronic payment adoption. Staff said WIC food-package changes take effect Sept. 29 and offered to answer questions from board members and department heads.
