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t <br />Introduction <br />Every four years the Orange County Board of Health commissions a Community Health <br />Assessment to identify pressing and emerging community health issues. The latest <br />Community Health Assessment was completed in December of 2011, and in February 2012 <br />the Board undertook a participatory group process to identify their top three health <br />priorities for the next four years (2012- 2016). <br />The three priorities: 1) Access to Care; 2) Child and Family Obesity and 3) Substance <br />Abuse /Mental Health drove the work of the Board of Health, which was detailed in their <br />2012 -2014 Strategic Plan. In 2014, the Board developed their second Strategic Plan for the <br />next two years (2014 -2016) building on the results of their work to date, while maintaining <br />these three priorities. <br />To oversee the work of this extremely ambitious Strategic Plan, the Board of Health has <br />formed three oversight committees —one for each priority —that will meet regularly to <br />ensure action steps and deliverables meet the deadlines established in the plan. <br />2 012 -2014 Strategic Phan .1ftg fights <br />Full report accessible on Board of Health website <br />Access to Care <br />• Passed Orange County Health Department Health Literacy Policy <br />• Oversaw local implementation of the Affordable Care Act, including 20 trained <br />navigators who provided enrollment assistance to 141 Orange County residents <br />• Passed Health Department Transit Resolution to provide input on local planning for <br />affordable and accessible public transit <br />Implemented an Innovation Grant program for internal pilot projects to improve <br />services and patient outcomes <br />Substance Abuse Ft Mental Health <br />• Passed one of the most comprehensive smoke -free public places rules in the United <br />States <br />• Established the first naloxone distribution program in a North Carolina Health <br />Department <br />Oversaw development of county population health dashboards to track health and <br />compare Orange County to peer counties, state and national health indicators <br />Child Et Family Obesity <br />• Partnered with Orange County Sportsplex to increase healthy food options by <br />removing the fryer and stocking improved snack options <br />• Established a lactation room for clients and staff at the Health Department <br />• Advocated for policies aimed at reducing obesity in childcare and schools <br />3 <br />