Public Health
Mission
To promote and protect the public's health.
Responsibilities
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Monitor health status to identify community health problems. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community. Inform, educate and empower people about health issues. Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety. Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility and quality of personal and population-based health services. Research for new insights and solutions to health problems. Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable. Assure a competent public health and personal health care workforce.
LINK TO BOARD FOCUS AREAS: Community Health & Safety
Budget Overview
FY 2012 Adopted
FY 2011 Amended
FY 2010 Amended
$2,919,424
$3,130,288
$3,708,445
$35,353,303
$34,940,342
$32,496,205
$134,210
$271,039
$460,271
$0
$0
$0
$9,532
$10,532
$13,032
$0
$0
$0
Total Expense
$38,416,469
$38,352,201
$36,677,953
Total Revenue
$13,699,581
$14,725,930
$13,109,027
Net County Dollars
$24,716,888
$23,626,271
$23,568,926
Personnel Services & Employee Benefits Contractual Services Commodities Other Charges Interdepartmental Capital Outlay
Position Summary FY 2012 Adopted
FY 2011 Adopted
FY 2010 Adopted
FT
PT
FT
PT
FT
PT
39
0
38
1
44
0
152