The Board discussed how various grants and transportation funding were utilized in a place-based public health initiative to address infrastructure barriers, improve pedestrian safety, and support economic development in the Fourth Plain area. Additionally, a representative raised urgent concerns about the local YWCA losing a $90,000 state grant from the Department of Commerce. This lost funding had previously been used to successfully support a high-risk intervention program designed to protect victims of domestic violence.
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Clark County Board of Health · Jun 24, 2026 · 48:56–49:11 · Watch on CVTV ↗
Keywords: state grant transportation funding
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47:53 Sounds like a reasonable request and you've done what you can to reach out and see if there's anything you can do to help or support this person. And I think we can thank them for the time that they did serve and appreciate that. I met recently with our youth commission and I know they're very interested and concerned about mental health, so I think reaching out to them, you might be able to find a lively candidate. - That will be part of the recruitment process. You will certainly reach out to the youth commission, which we've done in the past. - Sure, yeah, okay. Is there agreement all around on that? Yes, I guess thumbs up all around. So thank you for bringing that forward. And now I think our next bullet point is a topic from the FAC. Welcome. - My name is Emily Estes and I'm the vice chair of the Public Health Advisory Council.
48:49 Last night, the FAC voted by consensus to bring before the board our concern regarding the loss of a state grant to the YWCA. The grant was from the Department of Commerce and you can and may already have read this information in the Columbian, but the YWCA for over a year trained their staff and established partnerships with local law enforcement and attorneys to identify victims of domestic violence who were most at risk of being killed or seriously injured by their abusers. The program identified and provided wraparound supports to 88 people. The $90,000 grant from Commerce will not be renewed to the YWCA Clark County and will instead go to other counties to build new pilot programs. In the year prior to the grant, there were years prior to the grant, there were 13 domestic violence related homicides in the year since the grant, there were three.
49:47 The Columbian also reported a statement from the Clark County Sheriff's Commander Jason Camp that the high risk team created by the YWCA program helped to provide information that might otherwise not have been provided to law enforcement. That information could help prosecutors in better protecting victims of domestic violence. Concerns about the loss of funding came to FACT last night during community updates and the time sensitivity
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cross_cutting keyword 48:56–49:11 state grant, transportation funding
think our next bullet point is a topic from the FAC. Welcome. - My name is Emily Estes and I'm the vice chair of the Public Health Advisory Council. Last night, the FAC voted by consensus to bring before the board our concern regarding the loss of a state grant to the YWCA. The grant was from the Department of Commerce and you can and may already have read this information in the Columbian, but the YWCA for over a year trained their staff and established partnerships with local law enforcement a