Shelby County Health Department gets $14M, ‘game-changer’ grant from CDC
“The CDC fully funded all of our requests,” Shelby County Health Department Director Dr. Michelle Taylor said. “This funding is designed to address under-resourced communities like Shelby County that are economically challenged and have high-risk and underserved populations.” (Ziggy Mack/The Daily Memphian file)
The funding is part of the CDC’s $3.2 billion investment in local and state awards to strengthen public health infrastructure across the nation.
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Aisling Mäki has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender.
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