Youngstown City Health board receives state grant for minority health office

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown City Board of Health accepted a $52,000 grant from the Ohio Commission on Minority Health to help operate the Youngstown Office of Minority Health.

In other action at its meeting today, Erin Bishop, city health commissioner, said the board allocated $4,000 of the minority health grant for a required outside evaluation of the program; and approved renting space for $6,000 and $2,400, respectively, to the Mahoning County District Board of Health for its Women, Infants and Children and HIV/AIDS programs.

The health board also accepted a grant of $437,000 to operate its air-pollution control program, which serves Mahoning and Trumbull counties. Because the grant was cut about $15,000 from last year, the board approved laying off one program employee, Bishop said.