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COMMISSIONERS AGENDA MEETING REQUEST FORM
(Must be submitted to the Clerk of the Board by 12:00pm on Thursday)
REQUESTING DEPARTMENT: BOCC
REQUEST SUBMITTED BY: CEMAN ELL
CONTACT PERSON ATTENDING ROUNDTABLE: CEMAN ELL
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION: ❑YES ii NO
DATE: 03/20/2025
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ISUGGESTED WORDING FORAGENDA: Who,. 'ghat, When Wh . Term, cast, e! 1
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Letter of Support for the Congressionally Directed Spend ing/Com mu n ity Project
Funding request submitted by Coulee Medical Center -Relief for the Rural Health
Workforce Project.
If necessary, was this document reviewed by accounting? ❑ YES ❑ NO Fm_1 N/A
If necessary, was this document reviewed by legal? ❑ YES ❑ NO R N/A
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APR -- 1 2025
4/23/24 GRANT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
April 8, 2025
The Honorable Patty Murray
United States Senate
154 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
The Honorable Dan Newhouse
U.S. House of Representatives
504 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
GRANT COUNTY
❑FFICE OF THE
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
P 0 Box 37
EPHRATA WA 9BB23
(509) 754-201 1
The Honorable Maria Cantwell
United States Senate
511 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
RE: Congressionally Directed Spending/Community Project Funding Request —Coulee
Medical Center —Relief for the Rural Health Workforce Project
Dear Senator Murray, Senator Cantwell and Representative Newhouse,
The Grant County Commissioners are pleased to support the Congressionally Directed
Spending/Community Project Funding request submitted by Coulee Medical Center to address
unique challenges facing the hospital's workforce.
Coulee Medical Center (CMC) is a Critical Access Hospital serving Douglas, Grant, Lincoln and
Okanogan Counties in North Central Washington State. Across this sprawling rural area, which
includes portions of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, CMC is the primary
access point to healthcare services and the only Trauma Level IV hospital. In fact, for many
families in the region, CMC is often the only hospital system within an hour's drive of their home.
In providing care to such a large rural service area, CMC's healthcare workforce faces unique
challenges. Specifically, providers and medical professionals often have multi -hour commutes,
necessitating a designated space for staff to rest and recuperate at the facility in between shifts.
Although CMC strives to provide appropriate accommodation for this critical segment of the
healthcare workforce, the hospital's dormitory space is aging and in desperate need of renovation.
Through the Relief for the Rural Health Workforce Project, CMC proposes an efficient and
responsible expansion of the hospital's capacity to provide support for their personnel.
Specifically, federal investment will be utilized for the procurement of modular units that provide
safe, clean, and dependable dormitory space for staff to utilize between shifts. This investment is
not only essential to maintaining and strengthening CMC's ability to provide care, but to limiting
Kevin R. Burgess Rob Jones Cindy Carter
District 1 District 2 District 3
"TO MEET CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS? SERVING TOGETHER WITH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTITIES? WHILE FOSTERING
A RESPECTFUL AND SUCCESSFUL WORK ENVIRONMENT."
the avoidable safety and health risks facing CMC's healthcare workers as a result of their long
commute and the impact of fatigue.
With this in mind, we stand in strong support of CMC's Congressionally Directed
Spending/Community Project Funding request. We appreciate your consideration and support of
this critical project.
Sincerely,
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Cindy Carter, Vice -Chair Kevin R. Bur s, Member