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53 <br />NAME OF BOARD/COMMISSION: Board of Health <br />Report Period: Calendar year: 2012 <br />What are your Board/Commission’s most important accomplishments? <br /> <br /> With information from the Community Health Assessment and throu <br />· <br />modified Delphi decision-making technique determined the Board o <br />Health’s top 3 health priorities for the next 4 years (1) Access <br />Child and Family Obesity and 3) Substance Abuse/Mental Health). <br /> Developed a 2 year strategic plan to address these three priori <br />· <br /> Changed the Board structure to form workgroups to oversee and a <br />· <br />the strategic plan action steps for each priority. <br /> Conducted review of applications for non-profit agency requests <br />· <br />funding, providing feedback to the County Manager <br /> Significantly modified the Health Department’s fee structure to <br />· <br />accommodate new cost settlement rules. <br /> Successfully recruited, interviewed and selected a new Board of <br />· <br />representative (Alex Smith). <br /> Joint BOH/BOCC meeting where the Community Health Assessment, <br />· <br />Dental Clinic and the proposed Smoke Free Public Places Rule wer <br />discussed. <br /> Received and discussed the annual communicable disease report f <br />· <br />Orange County <br /> Passed the Smoke Free Public Places Rule and received BOCC appr <br />· <br />for the Rule <br /> Oversaw the development of an Innovations Grant Program at the <br />· <br />Department <br /> <br /> <br />List of Specific Tasks, Events, or Functions Performed or Sponso <br />. <br />Annually <br /> <br />Healthy Carolinians Annual Meeting <br />Review of State of County Health Report annually <br />Review and approve new programs for health department <br />Review and approve budget request for department to forward to c <br />Review and approve fee schedule and any fee changes and forward <br />Review department strategic plan annually <br />Review annual activity report for the department <br />Reviews quarterly and annual fiscal report for department <br />Reviews annual communicable disease report for the county <br />Review of Health Director performance <br />Regular Board of Health Education Session <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />