Health Department grants and agreements
Summary
A slate of state and federal health funding moved forward: WIC ($1.7 million), STI lab monitoring ($200,000), fatherhood maternal health ($101,000), home visiting for 200+ families, an air quality monitoring station, and insurance billing authority. The lead abatement agreement with the county was held pending negotiation.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 4
- Last 30 days
- 2
Rising — discussed at 3 meetings since Sep 11, 2026, up from 0 in the two months before.
Impact analysis
Roughly $2 million in combined grant funding supports city health services at no local cost.
Families, infants, and patients relying on city health services, including some 15,000 WIC recipients.
Mentions & discussions (4)
FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE — October 28, 2026
The committee advanced grants for wastewater disease surveillance, preventive health, and family planning, while sending the HIDTA drug trafficking and BioWatch grants to the council without a recommendation over a closed-session objection.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE — October 22, 2026
A bundle of state and federal grants keeps wastewater disease surveillance, STI prevention, family planning clinics, and WIC breastfeeding support running at the Health Department.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE — September 11, 2026
A slate of state and federal health funding moved forward: WIC ($1.7 million), STI lab monitoring ($200,000), fatherhood maternal health ($101,000), home visiting for 200+ families, an air quality monitoring station, and insurance billing authority. The lead abatement agreement with the county was held pending negotiation.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE — July 2, 2026
The Health Department picked up $40,000 to permanently expand syphilis testing at the Keenan clinic, plus continued state funding to help at-risk women get mammograms and cervical cancer screenings.
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