Q&A
Potential uses for restored Article 6 funding
1:24:37
ยท
79 sec
Council Member Schulman asks how DOHMH would use restored Article 6 funding. Dr. Michelle Morse outlines several areas where the additional funding would be invested to strengthen public health services in New York City.
- Invest in surveillance systems, community-based services, and programs targeting marginalized communities
- Shore up core public health services
- Mitigate potential federal funding cuts
- Support community-based organizations that also lost funding due to the cuts
Lynn Schulman
1:24:37
Oh that's great.
1:24:39
If we were to get these funding, if we were to get this funding restored what would you use it for?
Dr. Michelle Morse
1:24:45
Thank you for that question.
1:24:47
We have a long list of things.
1:24:49
And foremost I should say that community based organizations that we fund also lost funding because of this gap or cut in funding I should say.
1:25:01
And I would also say that with the restoration of the match and an additional 60 to $90,000,000 per year, our planning would be to invest even more in our surveillance systems, in our community based services, in our programs that are targeted towards marginalized and vulnerable communities, and make sure that our core public health services are even more shored up.
1:25:26
And again, because of the risks that we are aware of with federal funding, we also would use those services to make sure that we don't have to cut any services if we were to start to see cuts in our federal funding.
1:25:43
So this funding would be incredibly important for us to shore up and invest in the core public health services that we are implementing right now, particularly considering the risk of federal cuts.