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0 KittPtas Ccunty Publ ic Health DepFr1inent To Protect and Promote the Health and the Environment of the People of Kittitas County COVID-19 Response Since January 2020, KCPHD has been responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and receiving funding from the Washington State Department of Health designated specifically for COVID-19 response.At its height, KCPHD's annual budget was up to 30%dedicated COVID-19 funding. Current COVID-19 funding has been significantly reduced, and for 2025 is budgeted at 8%of total revenue.The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has received additional funds from the Washington State Legislature to address COVID-19 at significantly reduced amounts.A request for continued funding at$200,000 for 2024 was submitted to the DOH for activities previously covered through the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity(ELC)fund. However, KCPHD was only funded at$47,454 through June 30, 2024. No plans for additional funding past June have been announced. Other COVID-19 funding consist of Vaccine Services(ending in June 2024)and the completion of the COVID-19 Rural Health Equity Project(ending March 2024). Grants Department grant funding represents 21%of total revenue from 16 separate sources: • Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response ($49,133), • Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education or SNAP-Ed ($34,415), • Access to Baby and Child Dentistry or ABCD ($17,938), • Maternal and Child Health or MCH ($44,196), • Opioid Prevention Project through the Kittitas County Health Network($66,750), ■ Local Solid Waste Financial Assistance or LSWFA($63,807), • Youth Marijuana Prevention ($10,000), ■ Youth Tobacco/Vape Prevention ($10,000), • Workforce Development($300,000), • Syringe Services Syndemic Program ($75,500), • Childhood Immunization Improvement Project($6,160), • FISH Food Bank Produce Prescription Participant Feedback Project($2,295), • Law and Justice ($2,000), and • FDA Food Safety Training($7,000) This also includes an estimated additional $100,000 from the Department of Ecology for air quality and pollution prevention programming. Grant funds confirmation will be provided before January 2025. State Public Health Funding _- Twice per year,the department receives County General Public Health Assistance Funds ($198,979 total each year)from the Washington State Department of Treasury.These funds must be used in a way that demonstrates to the state legislature that the department is providing or supplementing public health programs needed in the community that are essential to the department's mission.This funding is primarily used to support administrative costs necessary to build and retain capacity to provide public health programs and services. Kittitas County Public Health Department—2025 Preliminary Budget Narrative Page 5 of 15 12