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52 <br />What are the concerns or emerging issues your board has identified for the <br />upcoming year that it plans to address, or wishes to bring to the Commissioners' <br />attention? <br />• From July through October the Orange County Health Department's <br />staff costs associated with the Ebola response totaled approximately <br />$22,000. This response came at the same time as a Norovirus <br />outbreak in a women's shelter and a Pertussis outbreak in several <br />schools. <br />• The Health Department is seeing an unprecedented number of <br />patient visits in its medical and dental clinics. Revenues associated <br />with these visits are up significantly as well. Nearing maximum <br />capacity at Southern Human Services Clinic. <br />• The Health Department conducts a Community Health Assessment <br />every 4 years. The next Assessment is due in December 2014 and <br />planning work for this intensive project has already begun. <br />• Work on the Family Success Alliance has been "fast and furious ". <br />Two zones will be selected for the gap analysis and intensive <br />interventions in December. We anticipate bringing a funding request <br />to the BOCC (for funds from the Social Justice Fund), in late spring. <br />Commissioners Pelissier and Dorosin are members of the Family <br />Success Alliance Council. <br />