Janis Sunderhaus was appointed to the Allen County Board of Public Health to assist in policy and regulation development to promote public health in the Allen County Combined Health District. Furthermore, Tim Stanford was appointed to serve on the City of Lima Planning Commission where he will assist in analyzing plans for public facilities and public works projects as part of the Lima Comprehensive Plan.

On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Rob Portman announced the Federal Communications Commission awarded a grant of over 700,000 dollars to the Health Partners of Western Ohio in Lima. The grant will provide all 16 locations in the state the ability to expand telehealth services to patients. With it, they will add more home monitoring and bio-metrics into their virtual health care, in hopes to keep people safe at home and away from hospitals.