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Health Department - continued <br />Performance Measures <br />2010 -11 <br />2011 -12 <br />2012 -13 <br />2012 -13 <br />2013 -14 <br />Actual <br />Actual <br />Budget <br />Projected <br />Budget <br />Service: Community Assessment <br />Community Health Assess ment/State of <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />the Count Health Re ort <br />Service: Policy Development <br />New health - related policy or practice <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />implemented <br />Service: Language Services <br />Number of encounters covered by an on- <br />2,336 <br />2,634 <br />3,100 <br />3,000 <br />site Interpreter <br />Number of encounters covered by an on- <br />1,340 <br />1,004 <br />1,600 <br />1,500 <br />site contract Interpreter <br />Number of translations completed <br />82 <br />87 <br />100 -120 <br />100 <br />Number of translations completed by a <br />12 <br />5 <br />15 -20 <br />10 <br />contract Translator <br />FY 2013 -14 Objectives <br />Establish baseline data to measure compliance with the Smoke -Free Public Places Rule <br />and decrease the number of complaints each quarter. <br />Evaluate smoking cessation programs for satisfaction, reach and quit rates in order to <br />identify and fund the most effective method(s). <br />• Continue to track and evaluate Language Services to improve cost - savings and access by <br />coordinating departmental scheduling, maximizing use of staff Medical Interpreters and <br />enhancing training. <br />• Continue to execute Board of Health Strategic Plan in concert with Healthy Carolinians' <br />annual action plans with one new health policy, practice or intervention being implemented. <br />• Continue to provide relevant and critical health data to the community through a <br />comprehensive State of the County Health Report. <br />Budget Highlights <br />The FY 2013 -14 Commissioner Approved Budget includes the transfer of a Nutrition <br />Program Manager position and a Registered Dietician position to the Personal Health <br />division. <br />The FY 2013 -14 Commissioner Approved Budget includes a new Senior Public Health <br />Educator position (1.0 FTE), effective July 1, 2013, to work on Board of Health Strategic <br />Plan priorities such as Access to Care; Child and Family Obesity; and Substance <br />Abuse /Mental Health. (Salary & Benefits of $58,360) <br />The increase in Operations in FY 2013 -14 includes increases in Training — to provide <br />additional workforce development opportunities for staff; and in Contract Services — for <br />consultative services related to the smoke free law (offset by State /Federal funds), as well <br />as other Board of Health strategic plan goals. <br />The decrease in Revenues in FY 2013 -14 is due to transferring the Nutrition Services <br />program to the Personal Health division to promote continuity of care for clients receiving <br />clinic services, and funds from Piedmont Health Services related to the transfer of the <br />Nutrition Program Manager position to Personal Health. <br />11K11.1 <br />