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- County general fund supports 64% of budget; 9% is state and federal <br /> Accomplishments <br /> - Accredited with 100% benchmarks and activities being met <br /> - Community Health Assessment recognized as state and national model for community <br /> involvement <br /> - National pilot study on water softener effects on septic tanks leading to new national <br /> standards initiated by EH staff with NCSU <br /> - Coordination and collaboration with community <br /> o Central Carolina Community Care Network <br /> o Coordination of Diabetes Task Force <br /> o Refugee Health Service Collaborative <br /> o Latino Health Coalition <br /> o Leadership roles in Project Homeless Connect <br /> o Four active committees on Health Carolinians priorities <br /> o Communities that call on us (bedbugs, biosolids) <br /> - Tobacco Reality Unfiltered in 6th year of grant funding has active teen clubs in each high <br /> school <br /> - Engaged 9 African-American churches in Eat Smart Move More activities through mini- <br /> grants <br /> - Refocused staffing to be able to serve over 200 refugees <br /> - Served 3,642 people in dental clinics, 12% new; 1,801 uninsured; May 08 full-time <br /> dentist <br /> - Provided dental health education to 5,092 <br /> - Served 4,803 patients in preventive care clinics; performed 5,568 tests for sexually <br /> transmitted infections; and served 398 with primary care <br /> - Over 90% of prenatal patients had newborns with a healthy weight <br /> - 51 new volunteers to the Public Health Reserve Corps; 92 volunteers have served in <br /> ongoing programs <br /> - 32 residents trained through CERT program <br /> - Implemented 5 community wide education campaigns <br /> - Board has adopted revisions to Well Rules and On-Site Wastewater Rules <br /> Challenges <br /> - Retirements (3 last year; 2 anticipated)/staff turnover with replacements being <br /> inexperienced <br /> - Exploding interpretation/translation services for multiple languages <br /> - Effects on services using interpretation services <br /> - Managing and balancing priorities between mandated services <br /> - Shrinking federal and state funds due to Orange's status as "high wealth" county <br /> - Shrinking pots of grant funds and inability to sustain proven programs after grant funding <br /> - Full funding for two site service model <br /> Chair Jacobs asked about the drop in federal and state funds because of being "high <br /> wealth" and asked about partners with other counties to attract more State funding. Rosemary <br /> Summers said that there is a partnership with Person County because there was an opening <br /> and there was interest. There can be more regional collaborations. The problem is that most <br /> grant funds are federal and it is not known what will happen. <br />