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4 ' MEMORANDUM To: John Link, County Manager Elaine Holmes, Personnel Director From: Daniel Reimer, Health Director Re Re: Request to Establish a Temporary, Half-time Position of Project Coordinator to Staff the Healthy Carolinians Task Force Date: January 27, 1997 On October 2,1995, the Board of County Commissioners approved a contract between the health department and the UNC School of Public Health to conduct a community health assessment for the Healthy Carolinians Task Force. The School and UNC Hospitals, as Institutional partners in the Task Force, also contributed to the cost of the assessment which was completed in September of 1996. A summary of the report is attached for your reference. The Task Force reviewed the study and has prioritized the top health issues as reflected in the attached letter from the Chairman of the Task Force, Moses Carey. This concludes the assessment phase of the process. The next step for the Task Force is to establish a health improvement plan to address the problems identified. Because of the hospital involvement, Duke Endowment funds may be available to fund the implementation stage. In addition, the Secretary of DEHNR has requested funds in the Governor' budget to provide a coordinator for each health department that has a Healthy Carolinians Task Force. In the interim, each partner has agreed to contribute three thousand dollars to fund a temporary project coordinator from February through June of 1997. The Health department share is available in the Project Grant for the Community Based Public Health Initiative (116420010). The intention is for this position to end upon completion of the health improvement plan. For this planning phase of the work of the Task Force, we would like to place the coordinator position with the Health Department. I am requesting the position as a Public Health Educator I whose major responsibility will be to facilitate and manage community planning activities undertaken by the Task Force. The coordinator will work with representatives from the leadership group. Duties will include the following: 1. Plan and organize the meetings of the Steering Committee and Task Force. Attend meetings and recod the results. 2. Maintain positive relations with all members of the Task Force and facilitate their active participation in community health improvement planning activities. 3. Prepare and disseminate written reports to the Steering Committee and Task Force.