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Health Director’s Report <br />April 26, 2017 <br /> <br /> Welcome to Beverly Scurry who will support the Board of Health with the <br />implementation of its strategic plan. Thank you to Coby for assuring a smooth transition. <br /> <br /> Congratulations to the Family Success Alliance for moving to Round 2 of the BUILD <br />Challenge (25 applicants selected from a pool of 135). <br /> <br /> The manager’s office has asked the health department to propose a scope of work and <br />budget for a contract with a consultant to implement recommendations from the <br />mental health gap analysis. The contract would replace the health department budget <br />request for a Behavioral Health Program Manager position at this time. <br /> <br /> The BOCC approved funding for contracts with Refugee Community Partnership, <br />Refugee Support Center, and El Centro Hispano to provide additional services to the <br />refugee/immigrant communities. Thanks to Susan Clifford for her presentation to the <br />BOCC and her work to put these contracts in place. <br /> <br /> The Dental clinic is expanding its preceptor program for dental hygienists from UNC. <br />They will pilot having an additional hygienist on-site beginning in August through <br />December to serve additional clients. <br /> <br /> The health department sponsored a successful annual Provider Breakfast on April 12, <br />2017 highlighting updates to vaccination recommendations, resources for <br />refugee/immigrant populations in Orange County, and the growing Zika epidemic. <br /> <br /> Exciting community prevention efforts are underway, including a new partnership with <br />Freedom House to offer smoking cessation services to clients, collaboration with the <br />Town of Chapel Hill to implement smoke-free public housing by July 2018, and the roll- <br />out of the Spray Before You Play campaign ( to reduce risks associated with mosquito <br />exposure). <br /> <br /> We won a statewide award for video production for our orientation/overview video <br />from NC3C (NC City and County Communicators). We were up against counties and <br />municipalities with big budgets and teams that put out some pretty amazing <br />productions. The award is a second place trophy and is in our awards cabinet , next to <br />our other NC3C award. <br />