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10 Liska Lackey just completed the 4-year community health assessment, with over 1,200 responses being received. She said the ultimate outcome is three shared priorities that were identified: 1) Social Determinants of Health; 2) Physical Activity and Nutrition and 3) Mental Health and Substance Abuse. Liska Lackey reviewed highlights from the year: o BOH is reviewing ideas about making birth control available over the counter, and are proceeding slowly with this. o The Family Success Alliance (FSA) celebrated its second anniversary, and has a total of 5 navigators, which allows more families to be served. She said the kindergarten readiness program has been evaluated and determined to be an effective intervention. o Implemented an initiative to increase racial equity training among staff. o The BOH is a founding partner of No Kid Hungry NC, and are partnering with schools and community leaders to launch a summer meal program at Gateway Village Apartments, which is located in zone 4 of the FSA. o Partnering with University of North Carolina (UNC) health promotion and disease prevention to pilot on line the Go Napsack Tool in Orange County. o Syringe exchange now located in both Health Departments. o All four law enforcement agencies in Orange County now carrying naloxone. o Completed a mental health gap analysis. o Successfully launched an integrative and behavioral health services and Health Department clinic o Smoke free public places rule evaluated, and showed continued improvement in the percent of residents who are aware of this rule. E-cigarettes will likely be included in this rule shortly. • Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors: Rosemary Waldorf, Chair She said tourism in Orange County has grown from $54 million/year in 1993 to $184 million in 2015. She said the County has over 2.5 million overnight visitors per year, and the industry has created 1,850 jobs, and tourism is successful because of the Board of County Commissioners. She said a consultant has been hired to do a study that looked at conference center facilities and indoor sports facilities, and the BOCC, and all other elected officials in the County, will be invited to their meeting for this presentation on May 24th at 8:00 a.m. She said there will be conclusions from this study in July, and surmised that anything that goes forward from this study will probably need a private public partnership. She said 7,000 people came through the Visitors Center last year. She said the visitors' center has no position on whether the facility should move to the old town hall, as that is a Town and County decision to make. She said a large part of their budget is spent on marketing, and they do a lot of partnering with the Towns. She said the National Association of Travel Journalists convention will be held in southern Orange County, the securing of which was a true countywide effort. She said HB2 has hurt them a lot. • Board of Social Services: Tamara Dempsey-Tanner, Chair/Nancy Coston, Director Tamara Dempsey reviewed the following highlights: o Local- employment services program (café); continues to work with NC FAST; energy program and child welfare; they serve between 15,000-20,000 clients; o State level- improvement plan-waiting for results;