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• June 18, 2019 – BOCC appointed two new Board of Health Members; Dr. Aparna Jonnal appointed to the physician seat (full 3-year term) and Dr. Alison Stuebe appointed to the community member at-large seat (partial term ending 6/30/21). • June 19, 2019 – Kristin Prelipp participated in the OWASA workshop/tabletop exercise which focused primarily on public information capabilities. County Emergency Services and multiple partners have been working with OWASA to enhance the communication process for utility impacts. • As a result of AA 474 CLAS work, the health department has updated service brochures and community clinic brochures. Health Department service brochures and Community Clinic brochures are available in Arabic, Burmese, Chinese, English, Karen, Kinyarwanda and Spanish. PDFs of all brochures are located on 2 of our webpages: o http://www.orangecountync.gov/204/Health-Department o http://www.orangecountync.gov/304/Immigrant-Refugee-Health • Medicaid Transformation – we are in the final stretch of reviewing and signing contracts with PHPs. The PHP contracts as presented do not fully address all the specialty services of local health departments as outlined in the RFP from DHHS. We continue to work closely with County Attorney’s office to find resolution. • NCCare360 - the statewide coordinated network that includes a robust data repository of shared resources and connects healthcare and human services providers together to collectively provide the opportunity for health to North Carolinians; 12 counties have now launched the system; 9 counties have started implementation; Orange County scheduled for Fall 2019 Implementation. Upcoming Events • June 21, 2019 – Health Equity Forum, 9am -12noon at Southern Human Services in Chapel Hill. • June 21, 2019 – Annual County Service Awards Luncheon • June 25, 2019 – Joint Management Team meeting with DSS • June 25, 2019 – Finance Director, Rebecca Crawford, will give a presentation to the Orange County Behavioral Health Task Force sharing the findings of the Behavioral Health System Analysis conducted in 2017-2018. • July 1, 2019 – I will participate on the Complete County Committee as the Health Department representative. This committee will develop a 2020 Census awareness campaign to encourage residents to respond, with a major focus on hard-to-reach communities. • July 5, 2019 – Meeting with Bob Marotto, Animal Services Director and Susan Elmore to discuss veterinarian candidates for BOH and Animal Services Board dual position and potential public health policy with regard to primates. • July 10th & July 24th – As a member of the State Health Coordinating Council, I will need to attend Public Meetings in Greensboro and Raleigh.