FRHD grows affordable health services

FALLBROOK – At its regular board meeting June 13, the Fallbrook Regional Health District board approved $910,416 in affordable public health service contracts for 16 applicant agencies providing 20 health-related programs.

The approved public-private partnership contracts account for a 15 percent increase in publicly-available health services over last year. The no-cost health services will benefit about 75,000 low- and fixed-income patients facing the area's top health concerns, including cancer, diabetes, hypertension, as well as behavioral health and food insecurity.

FRHD is a special distr...