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MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH January 26, 2011 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Lisa Smith January 26, 2011 4 Rosemary Summers presented a potential concept and process for the development of a new strategic plan. In the past, the Board has been involved in a variety of ways. Special retreats, regular agenda items, and adhoc committees have been used in the past to involve the Board in the development of the plan. Nearly all of the Board members that were part of the current plan are no longer serving on the Board, so this is an opportunity to start with a fresh look. The management team at the department has begun work on the internal focus areas and we will be seeking staff input at a February all-staff meeting. In general, the senior staff agrees that we would like a more streamlined document that can be in the forefront of what we do each day so that all staff feels an ownership to achieving the goals in the document. Dr. Summers offered two examples of “strategic maps” that could be developed as “quick summaries” of an adopted plan. Tony Whitaker asked for clarification on when the current strategic plan expires, Rosemary Summers responded that is does not expire until the end of the fiscal year June 30, 2011. She also added that by adopting the proposed extension of the current plan would give us one year to develop a longer range plan to be approved and into place. It would also allow us to have one more budget cycle to look at what we need for the new plan. Tony Whitaker asked the board if they had any thoughts on where they wanted to go from here. Paul Chelminski asked Commissioner Yuhasz if Orange County does any budget projections in terms of when we will finally emerge from our budget constraints. Commissioner Yuhasz responded that the Commissioners do budget projections but right now even looking 6 months out is hard to determine. So much of Orange Counties budget depends on what the State does and the State has not made any decisions budget cuts yet. Commissioner Yuhasz stated we are just beginning to see some signs of recovery but with government we usually are behind by 2 years of the going down and coming back up, he said it will be a couple of years before we will be able to consider any new construction or any large new programs. Motion to adopt the Strategic Plan for 2011-12 was made by Michael Wood, seconded by Paul Chelminski, and carried without dissent. D. Smart Start Grant Applications The Health Department has three projects currently funded entirely by the Orange County Partnership for Young Children (the local Smart Start agency). Each of these projects has been on a three year “approved subject to state funding cycle”. 2011 is a new “bid year” for projects. The Partnership has decided that they are discontinuing the three year cycle and will accept applications for one year at a time. The applications are due mid-February and are still in development. The Department intends to apply for all three projects as continuation projects with only minor projected increases in expenditures. The three projects are: Families in Focus Home Visiting Project that provides intensive social work services to families at risk for child abuse and neglect. For the next round, the recommendation is to broaden the pool of parents to include any parents with a child 0-3 that meets the risk criteria instead of limiting to first time parents. The grant pays the entire salary, benefits, and travel expenses for a Social Worker II and most of the supply costs for the program. We have been able to bill Medicaid for services if the families qualify, however this may be changing next year. Child Care Health Consultant/NAPSACC Project that provides consultation and education services to child care centers on health, medical, safety, and nutrition. This grant pays the