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Health Director’s Report <br />October, 2016 <br /> Family Success Alliance <br />o I presented at the joint Board of County Commissioners, Boards of Education meeting <br />about the Family Success Alliance, at their request. It was an extremely positive meeting <br />and all attendees were complimentary of the FSA staff, and work in general. <br />o A group from the FSA staff/Board attended the Collective Impact training in San Antonio <br />this week. We are looking forward to learning from them. <br />o Coby will be giving a presentation at the November 1 BOCC meeting to share some 5- <br />year budget projections specific to FSA. <br />o Coby also has individual meetings scheduled with each Board of Education to discuss the <br />FSA. <br />o I gave a presentation in Raleigh about FSA and there was some discussion about how <br />the state could modify their funding to support collective impact projects like ours. <br /> <br /> We had another fun and delicious Health Department Staff Appreciation Annual Picnic. Copies <br />of pictures of my dress up experiences were featured prominently.  <br /> <br /> We are in the middle of our “90 day letter” preparation period for Accreditation. We’ll update <br />you on our progress at the November BOH meeting and the site visit is scheduled for the second <br />week of January. <br /> <br /> We are in the middle of painting/floor replacement/minor renovations at Whitted. What has <br />been done so far looks great! <br /> <br /> We continue to work with HR to develop and implement an improved nursing retention and <br />recruitment plan for the Health Department. We are close to announcing a few important <br />changes to staff (once we receive approval from the Manager’s Office). <br /> <br /> We are thrilled to announce the hiring of our new Medical Director. Erica Pettigrew will be <br />joining us December 1st.