Board accepts $779,950 Healthy People Healthy Communities grant to fund tobacco, chronic disease and youth prevention work

The Pinal County Public Health Services District Board of Directors voted to accept Award Agreement No. CTR082697 under the Healthy People Healthy Communities Grant from the Arizona Department of Health Services for $779,950. The grant description in the record says the district will use the funds for tobacco prevention and cessation education, to address the four leading chronic disease causes of death, to provide adolescent health education, and to support Child and Suicide Fatality Review teams to reduce preventable deaths.

According to the agenda language, the funding is included in the FY 26/27 budget and was appropriated for this grant; the record states there is no impact on the General Fund. The item was handled on the consent agenda and recorded as approved; the transcript does not list a mover/second or a roll-call vote tally.