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Fatality Review

• Attending fatality review meetings

Maternal and Child Health

• Providing insurance screenings

Access and Linkage to Clinical Care

• Partnering with Unfailing Love to refer underinsured/uninsured individuals to care

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Partnering with local hospital to provide TB clinical services

Environmental Public Health

• Governing onsite sewage systems, public swimming pools, and vector control via ordinances

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Use school liaison to provide educational programming in schools and build a tobacco-free coalition

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Work with local hospital and providers to promote chronic disease prevention programs

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Identify leading causes of injury using IDOH and hospital data

Fatality Review

• Connect with registrar to provide review teams with certificates
• Work with fatality review board to identify leading causes of death

Maternal and Child Health

• Educate the Amish population on prenatal care and newborn screenings

School Health Liaison

• Fund a school liaison and promote tobacco prevention programs in schools

Lead Case Management

• Partner with local hospital to have them provide lead testing

Access and Linkage to Clinical Care

• Partner with medical providers and healthcare systems to provide care for underinsured/uninsured individuals

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Connect patients with TB to food security assistance and housing assistance

Health-Related Areas during Emergencies/Disasters

• Update plans for the Public Health Emergency Preparedness grant

Immunizations

• Provide immunizations to children and adults

Vital Records

• Improve Continuity of Operations Plan

Crossroads Adams County

Unfailing Love

Firefly Children and Family Alliance

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Meeting with schools and Tobacco Free Allen County

Fatality Review

• Identifying leading causes of death

Maternal and Child Health

• Offering referrals

School Health Liaison

• Continuing to build school partnerships with IDOH-CDC school liaison grant

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Identifying community partners to provide TB clinical services

Health-Related Areas during Emergencies/Disasters

• Engaging with community partners on exercising emergency response plans

Environmental Public Health

• Governing onsite sewage systems, public swimming pools, minimum housing and vector control via ordinances

Maternal and Child Health

• Fund evidence-based initiatives including child development programming, in-home prenatal visits, care coordination, case management and other services for expectant and new mothers and families

School Health Liaison

• Fund evidence-based initiatives focused on food insecurity, in-school dental care, in-school vaccinations and programming to improve mental health and stress management
• Develop and expand local school nurse and administrative relationships, collaborations and connectedness through school liaison programming and incentives

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Fund evidence-based initiatives focused on bike safety, general home/family safety, fall prevention and substance use disorder prevention; continue supporting internal syringe services program
• Develop child car seat safety programming

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Fund evidence-based initiatives focused on obesity, diabetes prevention and stroke prevention; offer nutrition education
• Attend local walks, runs, bike events and sporting events to share public health education

Access and Linkage to Clinical Care

• Support patient transportation services, offer insurance and social service navigation services; provide access to HIV/STI programming/support services; provide access to mobile pediatric care; offer linkages to clinical and mental health care for survivors of domestic violence and women in recovery

Immunizations

• Fund evidence-based child and adult vaccination services using methods to eliminate barriers, including adjusting hours of operation, location and providing in-home vaccinations when warranted
• Develop an innovative vaccination and incentive program, “Keep Your Eye on the Prize and Immunize”
• Build cross-partner collaboration to reduce vaccination barriers for new mothers
• Pilot an internal comprehensive review of all Allen County CHIRP (Children and Hoosiers Immunization Registry Program”) patient records

Fatality Review

• Fund evidence-based cohort programming focused on diabetes and obesity prevention; support the CDC’s Prevent T2 curriculum through a partnership organization
• Continue leading and participating in Allen County fatality review teams, including the fetal/infant mortality review team, child fatality review team and suicide/overdose fatality review team

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Fund-evidence based initiatives for students focused on vaping prevention
• Develop a three-month advertising campaign to educate public about myths associated with vaping

Lead Case Management and Risk Assessment

• Continue leading and improving existing lead case management program

Tuberculosis (TB) Prevention and Case Management

• Continue improving existing tuberculosis prevention and case management program

Infectious Disease Prevention and Control

• Continue improving existing infectious disease prevention program

Vital Records

• Continue improving existing vital records program; develop plan for vital records issuance during a disaster

Food Protection

• Continue improving existing food protection program
• Incorporate and deploy a risk-based inspection program as recommended by IDOH

Environmental Public Health

• Continue improving existing environmental health program

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Offering nicotine replacement therapy, referrals, and smoking cessation packets; dental hygienist provides youth tobacco prevention education in schools; has a staff representative for tobacco

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Identifying leading causes of death, providing car seat program, providing car safety technician certifications, distributing stop the bleed kits, offering Narcan, offering safe sleep program

Fatality Review

• Providing certificates to fatality review teams; offering safe sleep program

Maternal and Child Health

• Offer safe sleep program and Count the Kicks program to reduce stillbirths; partners with community organizations and provides online resources

Access and Linkage to Clinical Care

• Partnering with IDOH disease intervention specialist; providing referrals

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Providing housing assistance, food security assistance and interpretation services for patients with TB; identifying partners to provide TB clinical services

Health-Related Areas during Emergencies/Disasters

• Engaging with community partners on exercising emergency response plans

Immunizations

• Provides vaccinations and tobacco-related education; continues partnership with local schools from IDOH-CDC school liaison grant

Vital Records

• Has a Continuity of Operations Plan

Environmental Public Health

• Governing onsite sewage systems, public swimming pools, minimum housing, and vector control via ordinances

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• School liaisons will provide vaping training for school nurses and staff

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Implement A1C screenings, offer weight checks to patients, collaborate with local hospital

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Staff will be trained as car seat technicians; will offer car seat checks at immunization appointments; will partner with local police to incentivize wearing seatbelts; partner with Be Smart to provide gun safety education

Environmental Public Health

• Submit tattoo and piercing ordinance to county attorney for review; develop a plan to address changes in code related to eyelash extension services

Maternal and Child Health

• Directly contacting individuals for referral and providing resources

School Health Liaison

• Participating in IDOH-CDC school health liaison grant

Access and Linkage to Clinical Care

• Partnering with state and local agencies to improve linkages to care

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Providing food security assistance and interpretation services for TB patients; identifying community partners to provide TB clinical services

Health-Related Areas during Emergencies/Disasters

• Engaging with community partners on exercising emergency response plans

Environmental Public Health

• Governing onsite sewage systems, public swimming pools, minimum housing, and vector control via ordinances

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Build a tobacco-free coalition and partner with county school corporation to provide youth education

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Partner with Purdue Extension for nutrition education programming

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Get car seat tech certifications and a permanent inspection station, collaborate with IDOH to identify leading causes of death

Fatality Review

• Participate in fatality review teams, collaborate with IDOH to assess data

Lead Case Management

• Certify risk assessor

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Identify partner in neighboring county to provide x-rays and other TB-related needs

Vital Records

• Identify partner in a neighboring county to offer vital records in case of emergency

Environmental Public Health

• Develop a plan to address changes in code related to eyelash extension services

Fatality Review

• Continuing to attend meetings

Maternal and Child Health

• Offering verbal referrals to Healthy Beginnings

School Health Liaison

• Public health nurse works closely with school corporation nurse

Access and Linkage to Clinical Care

• Partnering with state and local agencies to improve linkages to care

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Identifying community partners to provide TB clinical services

Health-Related Areas during Emergencies/Disasters

• Engaging with community partners on exercising current emergency response plans

Environmental Public Health

• Governing onsite sewage systems, public swimming pools, minimum housing, and vector control via ordinances

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Work with Tobacco Free Blackford County to implement youth tobacco prevention programs in schools

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Partner with local med clinic to implement chronic disease prevention programs

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Provide injury prevention tools like grab bars for older adults and bicycle helmets for youth

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Connect with IDOH

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Providing tobacco cessation and education to the public and tobacco education in county schools

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Providing nutrition and physical activity education at schools and community events

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Providing overdose education and Narcan trainings

Maternal and Child Health

• Offering pregnancy tests, referrals to services, safe sleep program, and education programs for mothers and families

School Health Liaison

• Providing infectious disease education, vaccinations, and resources

Access and Linkage to Clinical Care

• Partnering with state and local agencies to improve linkages to care

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Offering interpretation services for patients with TB; identifying community partners to provide TB clinical services

Health-Related Areas during Emergencies/Disasters

• Engaging with community partners on exercising current emergency response plans

Vital Records

• Preparing an emergency to-go kit that includes everything needed for continuation of vital records services

Environmental Public Health

• Governing onsite sewage systems, public swimming pools, and minimum housing via ordinances

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Connect with community organizations to provide tobacco education and cessation resources

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Use hospital and community clinic partnerships to implement chronic disease prevention programs and education

Fatality Review

• Attend community events and provide resources for cancer and heart disease prevention

Maternal and Child Health

• Identify disparities in birth outcomes data and partner with local hospital to address gaps

Health-Related Areas during Emergencies/Disasters

• Partner with food banks and local community services to address gaps in service delivery

Boone County Cancer Society

Lebanon Community School Corporation

Western Boone Schools

Zionsville Community Schools

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Providing Quit Now Indiana resources, RNs are available to answer tobacco-related questions

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Performing wellness checks for patients and offering educational resources for chronic disease prevention

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Providing naloxone and peer recovery resources; connecting patients to peer recovery services

Fatality Review

• Attending meetings with IDOH to establish suicide/overdose fatality review team

Maternal and Child Health

• Offering educational programs and resources for mothers and families, including information on safe sleep and breastfeeding

Access and Linkage to Clinical Care

• Partnering with local and state agencies to improve linkages to care

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Providing housing assistance, food security, community parters and interpretation services for patients with TB

Health-Related Areas during Emergencies/Disasters

• Engaging with community partners on exercising current emergency response plans

Infectious Disease Surveillance and Prevention

• Providing an after-hours nurse to address infectious disease outbreaks

Vital Records

• Using DRIVE to continue vital records services without disruption in case of emergency

Environmental Public Health

• Governing onsite sewage systems and public swimming pools via ordinances

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Use a school liaison to address tobacco prevention in schools; partner with existing drug free coalition

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Connect with area providers to identify health disparities and gaps in service delivery

Maternal and Child Health

• Participate in fetal/infant mortality review team

School Health Liaison

• Expand the school liaison position and partner with county schools

Lead Case Management

• Contract for lead specialist

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Partner with area providers to provide TB clinical services

Environmental Public Health

• Contracting a vector control program and develop a plan to address changes in code related to eyelash extension services

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Meeting with Delphi Family Health clinic to address shared goals in promoting health and connecting with other local health departments to provide shared services

Maternal and Child Health

• Partnering with community organizations to provide referrals for patients and providing prenatal vitamins

School Health Liaison

• Public health nurse is making contracts with school nurses

Access and Linkage to Clinical Care

• Connecting with Cass and Clinton counties to address health care gaps; partner with state and local agencies to improve linkages to care

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Identifying community partners to provide TB testing

Health-Related Areas during Emergencies/Disasters

• Participating in the CDC’s Public Health Emergency Preparedness grant

Infectious Disease Surveillance and Prevention

• Investigating infectious disease outbreaks

Environmental Public Health

• Governing onsite sewage systems via ordinances, identifying problem vectors

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Build a tobacco-free coalition and use school liaison to provide education in county schools

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Develop a program to address obesity

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Identify leading causes of death

Fatality Review

• Connect with partners to establish a fetal/infant mortality review team and a suicide/overdose mortality review team

Infectious Disease Surveillance and Prevention

• Hire a second part-time public health nurse to assist in infectious disease outbreak investigation

Environmental Public Health

• Create a public swimming pool inspection program and an eyelash extension facility inspection program

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Providing community outreach and education with a focus on vaping prevention in schools; partnering with Stand Up Cass County

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Offering nutrition program for county schools, senior center, and daycares

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Implementing harm reduction and overdose prevention trainings

Fatality Review

• Partnering with coroner, hospital, DCS, and law enforcement to form fatality review teams; working with Suicide Taskforce to provide community resources and education

Maternal and Child Health

• Partnering with community organizations to provide referrals

School Health Liaison

• Hosting health clinics on and off site; building relationships with local schools

Access and Linkage to Clinical Care

• Partnering with local and state agencies to improve linkages to care

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Providing housing assistance, food security assistance and interpretation services to patients with TB; identifying community partners to provide TB clinical services

Vital Records

• Offering online vital records services in case of emergency

Environmental Public Health

• Governing onsite sewage systems, public swimming pools, minimum housing and vector control via ordinances

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Continue tobacco and vaping prevention initiatives

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Continue chronic disease prevention initiatives

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Continue trauma and injury prevention initiatives

Maternal and Child Health

• Partner with hospital to provide prenatal care; identify disparities in birth outcomes

4 County

Americares

Area 5 Agency

Cass County Council on Aging

Cass County Parks Department

Indiana Health Centers

Indiana Immunization Coalition

Lions Club

Logansport Hospital Memorial Health Systems

Stand Up Cass County

Woodbridge Health Campus

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Partnering with Clark County Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Coalition

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Offering car seat safety program, CPR/First Aid training, gun safety program, stop the bleed kits, safe sleep program, and Narcan

Fatality Review

• Offering car seat safety program, safe sleep program

Maternal and Child Health

• Partnering with community organizations to make referrals

School Health Liaison

• Providing dental education, mental health resources, vaccinations and referrals in schools

Access and Linkage to Clinical Care

• Using Community Action Team to discuss Clark County health trends and equip partners with resources

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Providing housing assistance, food security and interpretation services to patients with TB; identifying community partners to provide chest x-rays and TB testing

Health-Related Areas during Emergencies/Disasters

• Engaging with community partners on exercising current emergency response plans

Vital Records

• Using DRIVE to continue vital records services without disruption

Environmental Public Health

• Governing onsite sewage systems, public swimming pools and vector control via ordinances

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Partner with school liaison to implement media campaigns

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Hire a community health navigator/educator to oversee the mobile integrated health program; establish a robust referral system

Maternal and Child Health

• Implement Maternal & Child Health Social Work program to provide continuing care and education for new mothers; collaborate with IDOH

School Health Liaison

• Connecting with Family Health Center of Southern Indiana to provide dental exams and limited dental procedures for students

Access and Linkage to Clinical Care

• Coordinate with Clark Memorial Health to provide continued care for patients with substance use disorder and/or chronic disease

Vital RecordsFood Protection

• Prepare an offsite location for emergency operations

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Implementing tobacco prevention education and messaging in schools

Maternal and Child Health

• Making phone referrals

School Health Liaison

• Participating in IDOH-CDC school liaison grant to provide immunizations, education and screenings

Lead Case Management

• Using IDOH’s risk assessor for home visits

Access and Linkage to Clinical Care

• Partnering with hospitals, WIC and other local health departments to provide linkages to care

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Identifying partners to provide TB clinical services; providing education and interpretative services for Spanish-speaking patients

Health-Related Areas during Emergencies/Disasters

• Engaging with community partners on current emergency response plans

Environmental Public Health

• Governing onsite sewage systems via ordinances

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Promote the Quit Now program and refer patients; participate in local tobacco-free coalition

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Provide education to employees of local businesses/factories; partner with hospital and local physician offices

Fatality Review

• Participate in fatality review board and identify leading causes of death

Maternal and Child Health

• Identify disparities in birth outcomes data

Lead Case Management

• Focus on lead case management initiatives

Vital Records

• Discuss online vital records service delivery to prepare for emergencies

Food Protection

• Create a written policy for risk-based food inspection program

Environmental Public Health

• Focus on sanitary operation of facilities where eyelash extension and tattoos are performed

WIC

Wabash Valley Pregnancy Center

Clay Community Schools

Clay County Emergency Management

Maternal and Child Health

• Participating in fetal/infant mortality review team, providing resources and implementing safe sleep program; providing transportation and translation services

School Health Liaison

• Connecting with school corporation nurses to support student health needs

Lead Case Management

• Partnering with Hamilton County Health Department for additional risk assessment support if necessary

Access and Linkage to Clinical Care

• Partnering with Healthy Communities of Clinton County Coalition to help clients seek medical care

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Providing housing assistance, food security assitance and interpretation services for patients with TB; identifying community partners to provide TB clinical services

Health-Related Areas during Emergencies/Disasters

• Engaging with community partners on exercising current emergency response plans

Vital Records

• Planning to provide vital records services in off-site location in case of emergency

Environmental Public Health

• Governing onsite sewage systems, public swimming pools and vector control programs via ordinances

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Partner with a local nonprofit organization to expand tobacco prevention efforts

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Partner with Healthy Communities of Clinton County to address chronic disease; connect with local hospital and urgent care

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Partner with Healthy Communities of Clinton County to address trauma and injury prevention

Fatality Review

• Establish a new suicide/overdose fatality review team

Lead Case Management

• Hire a new lead case management nurse

Environmental Public Health

• Draft and submit an ordinance that addresses tattoo parlors, piercings and eyelash extensions

School Health Liaison

• Participating in IDOH-CDC school liaison grant

Access and Linkage to Clinical Care

• Establishing partnerships that provide access to care

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Identifying community partners to provide TB testing

Environmental Public Health

• Governing onsite sewage systems and minimum housing via ordinances

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Provide tobacco prevention education with a youth-centered focus

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Educate population on obesity prevention and partner with healthcare systems

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Offer trauma and injury prevention education

Immunizations

• Provide immunizations

Environmental Public Health

• Develop a plan to address changes in code related to eyelash extension services

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Implementing Mommy and Me Tobacco Free program and Catch my Breath program in schools with a vaping prevention focus

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Developing a program to address diabetes and hypertension

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Offering car seat safety programs

Fatality Review

• Compiling data on leading causes of death and tracking at-risk pregnancies with hospital

Maternal and Child Health

• Partnering with hospital to provide prenatal services and providing mobile clinics

School Health Liaison

• Hosting health clinics, providing emergency resources and offering trainings for CPR/STB

Access and Linkage to Clinical Care

• Partnering with Indiana Rural Health Association, Purdue Extension, Healthy Start, Real Recovery and Daviess Community Hospital; employing community health workers

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Providing food security and interpretation services to patients with TB; identifying community partners to provide TB clinical services

Health-Related Areas during Emergencies/Disasters

• Engaging with community partners to exercise current emergency response plans

Vital Records

• Continuing vital records services with remote services and a backup generator; cross training staff to prepare for emergencies

Environmental Public Health

• Governing onsite sewage systems via ordinances

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Expanding on car seat safety program and providing installations at community events

Maternal and Child Health

• Expand partnerships to focus on maternal and child health outcomes with immigrant populations

Lead Case Management

• Focus on lead case management initiatives

Access and Linkage to Clinical Care

• Focus on access and linkages to care

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Explore better housing options for patients with TB

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Participating in IDOH’s Tobacco Prevention in Cessation grant and has a staff representative available; working with youth in local schools to address tobacco prevention

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Keeping record of monthly visits; providing blood glucose, A1c’s and blood pressure checks

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Offering programs designed to reduce suicide/overdose

Maternal and Child Health

• Offering safe sleep program and partnering with community organizations

School Health Liaison

• Providing education to students and families; administering immunizations

Access and Linkage to Clinical Care

• Partnering with community organizations, coalitions and IDOH to provide linkages to care; providing referrals via electronic system

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Providing housing assistance, food security assistance and interpretation services for patients with TB; identifying community partners to provide TB clinical services

Health-Related Areas during Emergencies/Disasters

• Engaging with community partners on exercising current emergency response plans

Environmental Public Health

• Governing onsite sewage systems, public swimming pools, minimum housing and vector control via ordinances

Maternal and Child Health

• Work with partners to identify disparities in birth outcome data

Access and Linkage to Clinical Care

• Purchase a medical bus to provide better outreach for rural residents; pursue a second location for preventative services

Vital Records

• Plan for continuing operations during an emergency

Food Protection

• Implement a written policy

Environmental Public Health

• Change septic sources

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Providing education, referrals, cessation resources and connections to Quit Now Indiana; working with Decatur County Community Action Coalition and Greensburg Prevention Group

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Promoting healthy living with contests

School Health Liaison

• Establishing relationships with school nurses and counselors

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Identifying community partners to provide TB clinical services

Environmental Public Health

• Governing onsite sewage systems and public swimming pools via ordinances

Fatality Review

• Participate in suicide/overdose fatality review meetings, review death records and establish fetal/infant mortality review team; identify leading causes of death

Maternal and Child Health

• Establish women’s clinic and formalize referral process

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Establish formal MOUs with food supply, residential and interpretation service partners

Health-Related Areas during Emergencies/Disasters

• Update public health emergency response plan

Vital Records

• Provide vital records services remotely in the event of an emergency

Food Protection

• Approve ordinance that incorporates risk-based assessments

Environmental Public Health

• Prioritize vector control program, sanitary operation of tattoo parlors and facilities where eyelash extensions are performed

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Providing interpretation services to patients with TB; identifying community partners to provide TB clinical services

Environmental Public Health

• Governing onsite sewage systems via ordinances

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Meet with partners to discuss tobacco prevention initiatives

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Partner with local hospital, mobile clinics and YMCA to address chronic disease

Fatality Review

• Form a local group of partners to discuss leading causes of death

School Health Liaison

• Hire a school liaison/public health nurse

Lead Case Management

• Hire a public health nurse to do lead testing

Access and Linkage to Clinical Care

• Form community partner groups

Health-Related Areas during Emergencies/Disasters

• Update public health emergency response plan

Vital Records

• Meet with vital records registrar and technology specialists to create a plan to continue services in the event of an emergency

Food Protection

• Prioritize doing high-risk population inspections more frequently

Environmental Public Health

• Complete swimming pool inspection ordinance; train staff on new eyelash extension services code

Children First Center

Drug Free Noble County

Garrett Keyser Butler Community School District

JAM Center, McMillen Health

Parkview DeKalb Hospital

Saint Martin’s Healthcare

Women’s Care Center of Northeast Indiana

YMCA of DeKalb County

Maternal and Child Health

• Offering healthcare staff/client advocates

School Health Liaison

• Meeting and communicating with schools regularly

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Providing interpretation services to patients with TB; identifying community partners to TB clinical services

Health-Related Areas during Emergencies/Disasters

• Engaging with community partners on exercising current emergency response plans

Vital Records

• Preparing plan to continue vital records services in case of emergency

Environmental Public Health

• Governing onsite sewage systems and public swimming pools via ordinances

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Resume participation with local tobacco coalition and include vaping-focused programming for youth

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Launch a media messaging campaign; meet with hospital to discuss chronic disease prevention

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Participate in mental health awareness campaigns

Fatality Review

• Employ health educators to serve as a liaison for local fatality review team

Maternal and Child Health

• Offer safe sleep program and launch media campaign for safe sleep awareness

Lead Case Management

• Expand staff to provide testing

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Offer walk-in testing

Fatality Review

• Attending local fatality review meetings

Maternal and Child Health

• Offering early childhood education programs, prenatal care and resources; partnering with Vanderburgh County to implement Pre to 3 program; referring patients via phone

School Health Liaison

• Building relationships with all county schools

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Providing housing assistance, food security and interpretation services for patients with TB; identifying community partners to provide TB clinical services

Health-Related Areas during Emergencies/Disasters

• Engaging with community partners on current emergency response plans

Vital RecordsFood Protection

• Partnering with Continuity of Operations Plan

Environmental Public Health

• Governing onsite sewages systems via ordinances

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Hire a health educator to address tobacco prevention

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Hire a health educator to address obesity and other chronic diseases

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Implement Stepping On program to prevent falls

Fatality Review

• Support local substance use prevention council, provide Narcan education and identify disparities in birth outcome data

Access and Linkage to Clinical Care

• Hire a health educator to build referral network

Additional partnerships:

• Community centers
• Local assisted living and long-term care facilities
• Local businesses
• Local fire departments
• Local funeral homes
• Local libraries
• Local physicians

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Implementing Voice program in schools using IDOH grant funding

Fatality Review

• Offering programs to reduce injury prevention and infant sleep deaths; working with fatality review team

Maternal and Child Health

• Offering Healthy Babies, a prenatal care coordination program; partnering with community organizations and contacting patients who need referrals

School Health Liaison

• Partnering with local schools to promote student health

Access and Linkage to Clinical Care

• Connecting with health systems and hospitals; community health workers provide basic health literacy skills to clients

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Providing housing assistance, food security assistance and interpretation services to patients with TB; identifying community partners to provide TB clinical services

Vital Records

• Preparing an off-site location for vital records services in case of an emergency; planning to extend hours during emergencies

Environmental Public Health

• Governing onsite sewage systems and public swimming pools via ordinances

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Research programs and education with health systems partners

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Identify evidence-based programs that can meet community’s needs

Fatality Review

• Continue working with fatality review team

Maternal and Child Health

• Offer prenatal care through a Federally Qualified Health Center, refer patients to home visiting programs and hire nurse practitioners to address prenatal care; refer clients for STI testing/counseling

School Health Liaison

• Extend school partnerships to Amish schools

Health-Related Areas during Emergencies/Disasters

• Work on updated emergency response plan with local partners

Environmental Public Health

• Develop a plan to address changes in code related to eyelash extension services

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Providing community outreach and implementing IN-DEPTH programming in schools

Fatality Review

• Offering Narcan education and collaborating with Connection Café, a local recovery program

Maternal and Child Health

• Providing online resources for mothers and families

School Health Liaison

• Communicating with school nurses to assess student needs

Access and Linkage to Clinical Care

• Partnering with local and state agencies to improve linkages to care

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Providing interpretation services to TB patients; identifying community partners to provide TB clinical services

Health-Related Areas during Emergencies/Disasters

• Engaging with community partners on current emergency response plans

Vital Records

• Preparing paper records to continue vital records services in case of emergency

Environmental Public Health

• Governing onsite sewage systems, public swimming pools, minimum housing and vector control

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Expand smoking cessation programming beyond schools

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Collaborate with local physicians

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Collaborate with local physicians and law enforcement to identify leading causes of death and trauma

Fatality Review

• Partner with Wayne County

Maternal and Child Health

• Provide prenatal vitamins and referral resources; identify disparities in birth outcomes data

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Seek housing options and food security resources for patients with TB; offer lab services

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Providing chronic disease prevention education, partnering with WIC and attending nutrition coalition meetings

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Implementing overdose prevention programs and installing Narcan distribution boxes

Maternal and Child Health

• Offering prenatal care and referrals to services; partnering with local organizations, scheduling appointments for identified individuals and having healthcare staff/client advocates

School Health Liaison

• Offering health screenings, hosting clinics, providing vaccinations and installing AEDs in schools

Access and Linkage to Clinical Care

• Partnering with hospitals and health systems; referring patients to the Family Health Center

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Providing housing assistance, food security assistance and interpretation services to patients with TB; identifying community partners to provide TB testing

Health-Related Areas during Emergencies/Disasters

• Engaging with community partners on exercising current emergency response plans

Environmental Public Health

• Governing onsite sewage systems and public swimming pools via ordinances

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Partner with Purdue Extension

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Work with Pulse Point to increase AED awareness; offer CPR training

Maternal and Child Health

• Hire social worker to link patients to prenatal care; provide staff with language-learning software so staff can communicate with Spanish-speaking population

Access and Linkage to Clinical Care

• Provide education and hire a social worker that will make referrals

Vital Records

• Use DRIVE to continue vital records services in case of an emergency

Family Health Centers of Southern Indiana

New Albany Floyd County Consolidated Schools

School Health Liaison

• Participating in in School Liaison grant funding

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Identifying community partners to provide chest x-rays

Environmental Public Health

• Governing onsite sewage systems via ordinances

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Provide outreach and education; identify the coordinator for local tobacco-free coalition

Lead Case Management

• Share lead case management responsibilities among staff

Maternal and Child Health

• Providing online resources for mothers and families

Environmental Public Health

• Governing onsite sewage systems, public swimming pools, minimum housing and vector control via ordinances

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Work with Stayin’ Alive to prevent tobacco use and vaping; identify program that targets mothers

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Partner with Purdue Extension to host cooking classes; invite practitioners and hospital systems to participate in community-based education and counseling

Fatality Review

• Review leading causes of death; request to participate in county fatality review team; expand telehealth services

Maternal and Child Health

• Identify community partners to educate women on healthy pregnancies

School Health Liaison

• Hire a school liaison

Access and Linkage to Clinical Care

• Create a contact list for local medical groups

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Work with Adult Protective Services and Child Protective Services to find housing and food security for patients with TB; contact urgent cares in area to provide TB clinical services

Health-Related Areas during Emergencies/Disasters

• Hire a new preparedness coordinator and create emergency response plan

Infectious Disease Surveillance and Prevention

• Hire more staff to perform investigations

Vital Records

• Obtain secure VPN mobile internet device and determine feasibility of VR staff having a health department cell phone for use in event of emergencies

Environmental Public Health

• Contact another county to address change in code related to eyelash extension services

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Advertising free cessation program and referring individuals to Recovery Café