Agenda - 01-21-2016-13-6 - Information Item - Memo Regarding Health in All Policies Pilot Project with Criminal Justice Resource Office and Jail Alternatives Work

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INFORMATION ITEM 1 rcmi°�ani �,'di„ililluDA i,lkJ'1A„r?�iild�Ur'AIdOJI�ae ,,, ,,.„Ill NI uuumuump A P i IN m �uu w op 11,11,11 11111111. 1 11111 I„„„, 1000 1 II 111y u P „„1 . hill �.1111 VI COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE 200 South Cameron Street Bonnie B. Hammersley,County Manager Phone(919)245-2300 Post Office Box 8181 Fax(919)644-3004 Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 MEMORANDUM To: Orange County Board of Commissioners From: Caitlin Fenhagen, Criminal Justice Resource Manager Date: 1/13/16 RE: Health in All Policies Pilot Project with Criminal Justice Resource Office and Jail Alternatives Work At a recent joint meeting between the Board of County Commissioners and the Board of Health, information was shared about the American Public Health Association's "Introduction to Health in All Policies: A Guide for State and Local Governments.” The Health in All Policies concept incorporates a collaborative approach to improving the health of all people by embedding health considerations into decision-making in all sectors and policy areas of government. As the responsibility for many of the social determinants of health, including housing, education, employment and the criminal justice system, fall to non-traditional health partners, the HiAP concept recognizes the need for public health agencies to work with stakeholders in these other sectors to improve health outcomes. The goal of this framework is to ensure that decision-makers in all areas of local government are informed about the health, equity and sustainability consequences of various policy options as they are being considered. At the request of the Board of Health and with the support of the BOCC for the HiAP framework, Health Director Dr. Colleen Bridger met with the County Manager to discuss a pilot for operationalizing this collaborative decision-making process. It was determined that the pilot HiAP collaboration should be with the newly-created Criminal Justice Resource Office and the jail alternatives work that is underway in Orange County. On December 18, 2015, I went to the Health Department and met for the first time with Dr. Bridger, Meredith Stewart, the Public Health Program Manager and Donna King, the Director of Health Promotion and Education Services. We discussed the critical link between healthy communities and reduced incarceration rates and effective jail alternatives and brainstormed about how the collaboration between us should proceed. This initial meeting was followed by a more in-depth session this week between Ms. Stewart, Adebukola Oni, a research consultant working with the Health Department and myself. An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer www.orangecountvnc.gov