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F1 <br />Awards & Recognitions <br />NCPHA Awards <br />Tracey Langley— Environmental Health Rookie of the Year <br />Victoria Hudson— Public Health All -Star <br />NC City and County Communicators Award <br />Excellence in Communications —First Place — Annual Reporl <br />NC Association of County Commissioners <br />Excellence in Innovation for our Naloxone Access Program <br />First county in NC to post restaurant <br />health inspection ratings to Yelp. <br />Received a $4,000 Smiles for Kids <br />grant from Delta Dental Foundation <br />to improve services for children and <br />provide school -based screenings. <br />D <br />:16I6 <br />Nutrition Services conducted 185 outreach <br />events to increase awareness of programs to <br />promote healthy eating and physical activity. <br />I F, <br />Yid <br />Food and Lodging made 100% of required inspections, <br />making 1,578 inspections of 697 active establishments. <br />At the annual Healti <br />meeting Physical Activi <br />Mental Health and Su <br />and Social Determinani <br />selected as community <br />be addressed in 201 <br />Yp _ C. tl 1 Y W. J'L l tl �L <br />100% of clients in the Diabetes Self Management <br />Family Home Visiting completed over classes rated the program as "Excellent" or "Very <br />1,500 home visits to clients enrolled in Good" on their evaluations. <br />our programs. <br />ovided training for more than a dozen <br />✓ners and managers of apartments on <br />w to develop and implement a smoke - <br />�e policy. <br />Walking the walk with three physical <br />activity challenges in which more than <br />50% of staff participated, tracking more <br />than 13,456 miles. <br />P <br />Added an additional full -time dentist, <br />dental assistant, and office assistant <br />in order to serve more children and <br />adults in our dental clinic. <br />Healthv Carolinians conducted their <br />four year community health <br />assessment with an unprecedented <br />response of 1,714 surveys, 57 <br />voices from focus groups, and 76 <br />participants in community <br />listening sessions. <br />„Wai�;au �ua�W�y <br />*V <br />Contracted with Quitline to provide free <br />nicotine patches, gum and lozenges to <br />any residents who enroll in services by <br />calling 1- 800 - QUIT -NOW. <br />Over 17,000 riders used a Buzz Ride <br />vehicle that was advertising Smoke - <br />j Free Public Places and providing <br />' erS information to the late night, game <br />A day, and special events crowds . <br />Increased the number of medical encounters by <br />222 (44 %) compared to the previous year due to <br />increased client follow -up. <br />Expanded our newborn /postpartum nurse home visits <br />to serve additional low- income women and families. <br />Family Success Alliance -4 zone navigators <br />hired, 66 kids participate in kindergarten <br />readiness program, 25 families enrolled in <br />FSA navigator support. <br />O <br />Tobacco Reality Unfiltered (TRU) clubs surveyed <br />public housing communities and with input from <br />55% of residents, found that 80% of respondents <br />want to live in a smoke -free building or have no <br />preference. <br />Naloxone -161 law enforcement offic- <br />ers trained, 20 kits purchased for local <br />law enforcement resulting in 4 overdose <br />reversals.. <br />Family Home Visiting began providing Behavioral Health <br />Services in collaboration with our medical providers for <br />patients with mental health care needs. <br />'— Sheriff's Office installed two drug drop <br />TH boxes for a total of five in the County, <br />lol <br />making them available in all law <br />____� ✓ enforcement agencies. <br />q( �b <br />