Monroe County Health Department

Monroe County Health Department is a U.S. Local Government, County entity that provides health services. Through federal grants, Monroe County Health Department has provided a variety of health services, including comprehensive primary care, health center infrastructure improvements, coronavirus testing, public health emergency preparedness and response, COVID-19 vaccination, and more.

As a prime grantee, Monroe County Health Department has received project grants from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration to support provision of comprehensive primary health care services to underserved populations in West Virginia via the Health Center Program (over $2 million); health center infrastructure upgrades and capacity building via the Grants for Capital Development in Health Centers program (over $600k); and expanding coronavirus testing capacity (over $240k). As a sub-grantee under the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Monroe County Health Department has helped carry out activities related to public health workforce recruiting and training, infectious disease and public health emergency preparedness and response, COVID-19 vaccination, testing, contact tracing and surveillance, and infection prevention and control. The health department has played both prime and supportive roles in administering federal grants to ultimately provide critical health services and respond to public health threats and emergencies.