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Health Director’s Report <br />January, 2017 <br />• December 1st I joined Ron Johnson for a live interview on WCHL recognizing World AIDS <br />Day. Ronald is the Vice President of Policy and Advocacy for AIDS United. <br /> <br />• Health Department Staff and I worked hard to recruit talented applicants for the two <br />BOH vacancies. It worked! Susan and Liska report multiple great applicants for both <br />positions. <br /> <br />• Coby Austin and I are working with a multidisciplinary team including members from <br />UNC Hospitals and FSA to plan and submit a BUILD grant. This national competition <br />requires local health departments, community members and local hospitals to work <br />together to address social determinants of health. The application is due at the end of <br />February. <br /> <br />• We had yet another early January snow storm. Thankfully there were no major power <br />outages, so Health Department staff was not needed to staff the shelters. <br /> <br />• We had our Accreditation Site Visit two weeks ago. The site visitors were quite <br />complimentary of our documentation, facilities, BOH members and staff. I hope to have <br />the results of the visit in the next few days. They left 4 hours early which is generally a <br />good sign. Special thanks to Susan, Liska and Sam for agreeing to be interviewed by the <br />site visit team. <br /> <br />• Last week I oriented our newest Commissioner, Mark Marcoplos to the OCHD. He is very <br />interested in the services we provide and was especially pleased with the Family Success <br />Alliance. <br /> <br />• Last week was also the State Health Director’s Conference. It was a nice opportunity to <br />see colleagues with whom I have worked for the last 20 years one last time before <br />heading out to Texas. Susan was there representing the NC Board of Health Association <br />and did great!