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• ACHD provides prenatal vitamins to the Amish population upon request. They partnered with Healthy Families to create a satellite clinic in Geneva to provide perinatal services to the Amish population.
• ACHD partners with the Geneva Police Department, Fire Department, Youth Council, Adams County Public Library and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources to provide weekly educational sessions for children. Safe sitter courses, home safety, water safety, gun safety and outdoor safety topics are covered.

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

• ACHD partnered with Three Rivers Ambulance Authority and Fort Wayne Police Department’s Hope and Recovery Team (FWPD-HART) to promote overdose prevention education.
• ACHD partnered with Lutheran Social Services Inc. Their work focuses on assisting pregnant or parenting teenagers with healthy pregnancies, parenting skills and financial skills.
• ACHD is funding evidence-based chronic disease prevention initiatives, including nutrition education and stroke prevention programming.

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

• BCHD partners with WellConnect at Columbus Regional Hospital to connect patients with insurance navigators and primary care providers.
• BCHD distributed 76 health education packets to families at the Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation’s C4 Columbus Career Connections open house.
• BCHD provided vaping prevention education to 90 students at Northside Middle School.

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• School liaisons will provide vaping training for school nurses and staff; BCHD staff will offer tobacco cessation education, nicotine replacement therapy and referrals to Quit Now Indiana

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

Screen individuals identified as currently smoking and offer education, nicotine replacement therapy, and referral to Quit Now Indiana

• BCHD held mobile clinics at Benton Community Schools, local businesses, community centers and senior centers. These mobile clinics were designed to reach county residents who experience transportation barriers.
• BCHD is planning to conduct HIV and hepatitis C testing on site.

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

• BCHD provided three AEDs to the Blackford County Sheriff’s Department, Blackford County Senior Center and the Blackford County Golf Course.
• BCHD purchased first aid kits and hygiene kits to distribute at local community events.

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Collaborate with existing community partners to expand education and programs

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Expand services for youth and the elderly; increase awareness about existing services and resources; dispense prevention supplies such as bike helmets and anti-slip bathmats

• BCHD provided vaping prevention education to 140 students.
• BCHD partnered with Witham Health Services’ “Birth Days & Beyond” event to serve 20 new parents.
• From January to April, BCHD administered vaccines to 268 individuals.

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

• BCHD provided Stop the Bleed training and CPR training.
• BCHD provided high blood pressure screenings and hemoglobin A1C screenings.
• BCHD provided tobacco prevention education and referrals to Quit Now Indiana.

School Health Liaison

• Continue building partnerships with schools

Maternal and Child Health

• Focus on initiatives to improve health outcomes for moms and babies; reduce barriers to resources

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Develop preventive programming that address chronic disease

Immunizations

• Offer all ACIP-recommended vaccines to individuals regardless of age or insurance status

Environmental Public Health

• Focus on semi-public and public pool inspections

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Develop programs to reduce risk of unintentional injury

Brown County Recovery and Wellness Coalition

Brown County Schools

Centerstone

Clarity

Indiana Immunization Coalition

Nurse-Family Partnership

Positive Link

Quit Now Indiana

WIC

• CCHD staff are training to become car seat safety technicians. They will create a car seat inspection station in the county.
• CCHD is re-instating a local fetal-infant mortality review team in combination with the Tippecanoe Regional FIMR team.
• CCHD hosted a tire drive and collected 628 tires. The goal was to reduce the presence of standing water, assist with vector control and prevent the spread of infectious disease.

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

Nurse Family Partnership

Delphi Health Clinic

• CCHD is partnering with local coalitions, including the local tobacco coalition and Stand Up Cass County.
• CCHD hosted a CPR class.
• In partnership with Logansport Parks Department, CCHD began a walking program called “Steps to Better Health”. Walks are hosted at Huston Park and free blood pressure checks are provided.

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

• CCHD provided vaping prevention education to 61 students at New Washington High School.
• CCHD provided STI/HIV testing to 72 individuals and referred 33 individuals to treatment. They also provided contraceptive education for 188 individuals.
• CCHD partnered with Purdue Extension to provide a health education course called “Be Heart Smart”. Participants learn to prevent heart disease through diet and lifestyle changes.

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 Records

• Prepare an offsite location for emergency operations

• CCHD’s school health liaison provides CPR/AED, Stop the Bleed, heat exhaustion and seizure training to local schools. Recently, they trained 30 staff members and coaches.
• CCHD purchased a drug take back box. The box is located at the county justice center, and unused medications may be discarded safely 365 days a year.

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

• CCHD partnered with Healthy Communities of Clinton County, Positive Link and Boone County Health Department to provide pregnancy, HIV, STI, hepatitis C and tuberculosis testing.
• CCHD has a strong referral system with WIC.
• Safe sleep education and pack-n-plays are provided to new parents through a partnership with Healthy Communities of Clinton County. Car seat safety technicians are also available at CCHD.

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

• CCHD provided Crawford County Schools with vaping prevention education.
• CCHD is developing a partnership with Purdue Extension for community wellness initiatives.

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

• Every Monday, DCHD hosts a pregnancy clinic for underinsured and uninsured mothers.
• DCHD hosts a free clinic to perform wellness exams, sports physicals, medication management, check-ups and acute illness visits for those who are underinsured or uninsured. Medical interpreters and community health workers are on-site to connect patients to community resources.
• DCHD Health Officer Merle Holsopple has civil surgeon status and is completing immigration medical exams.

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

• DCHD provided hygiene kits and tobacco and vaping prevention education to students.
• DCHD provided immunizations for adults and children.
• DCHD screened 36 individuals for high blood pressure and diabetes risk factors and referred all individuals to weight treatment and obesity prevention programs.

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

• DCHD provided Stop the Bleed and CPR training to 29 individuals.
• DCHD provided evidence-based suicide prevention training for 25 individuals and offered education about crisis resources for 35 individuals.
• DCHD provided tuberculosis testing and tuberculosis prevention education.

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

• DCHD provides A1C and lipid profile capillary testing. They offer counseling, recommendations and create a plan with clients to lower A1C levels.
• DCHD educates the community on the importance of lead testing. They partnered with the Ronald McDonald mobile unit to offer community lead testing. They also offer lead testing to infants during 1-year routine immunization appointments.
• DCHD funds “Bike Around the Fountain” in partnership with Parkview DeKalb, Parkview Trauma and Eckhart Public Library. This program provides bike safety education, free bicycle helmets, giveaways, crafts and bike riding activities.

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

• DCHD partnered with the Muncie YMCA to offer lifeguard certification courses. The YMCA partnership has also provided free swimming lessons to at-risk youth in the community.
• DCHD partnered with the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office and the City of Muncie to launch a new gun safety course.
• DCHD has recently started participating in the local suicide and overdose fatality review team (SOFR) and the child fatality review team (CFR).

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

Additional partnerships:

• Law enforcement
• Local schools

• DCHD hosted a health fair at Shiloh Church and served 60 individuals. They offered prenatal immunizations, breastfeeding education and safe sleep education.
• DCHD held an oral heath education event at Northeast Dubois Elementary School. The “Give Kids a Smile” event supplied 41 students with dental hygiene kits.
• In partnership with Ferdianand Police Department, Matthew 25 and the Dubois County jail, DCHD distributed 25 doses of naloxone.

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Hire a health educator to address tobacco prevention

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Implement diabetes prevention program
• Investigate ways to provide screenings for underinsured and uninsured individuals
• Implement IU Health Get Onboard Active Living (GOAL) program

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Implement Stepping On program to prevent falls through home visits
• Offer motor vehicle/ATV safety programming
• Implement sharps disposal program
• Provide CPR classes, car seat checks and safe sleep program

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

• ECHD partners with a local dentist to host regular clinics. They provide teeth cleanings and dental hygiene education to at-risk youth.
• ECHD is hosting a veteran’s clinic in partnership with Veteran’s Affairs and Goshen City Parks. The event will feature 42 vendors.
• ECHD hosts vision and hearing clinics at local schools.

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

• FCHD participated in the local “Bunnies and Brownies” community resource event. They provided educational outreach on immunizations, lead poisoning, summer safety and healthy diets to 235 families.
• FCHD hosted a radiation basics training for 30 first responders.
• FCHD participated in a kindergarten round-up event for outgoing Head Start students. They helped families make appointments.

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

• FCHD partnered with a local shoe store to host a shoe drive. They provided shoes to 42 Floyd County School Corporation students.
• FCHD distributed 21 car seats and provided 28 car seat safety checks.
• FCHD provided blood pressure checks at a local Walmart. Ten individuals were screened for high blood pressure and three individuals were identified with undiagnosed high blood pressure.

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

• FCHD provides pregnancy testing and safe sleep education to the community.
• FCHD has identified a need to increase blood lead level testing due to a local battery factory in the county. FCHD provides capillary lead testing and case management services.

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

• FCHD provided CPR training for 20 individuals at the Oldenburg Fire Department.
• FCHD participated in a kindergarten round-up event and provided vaccinations to adults and students.
• FCHD participated in a medical response surge exercise (MRSE) to identify gaps in preparedness.

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

• FCHD is providing funding for youth swim lessons to decrease water-related injury and death. Children that complete the program are gifted a community pool pass.

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Provide age-appropriate coloring/activity books with tobacco and vaping prevention education; explore opportunities to engage with local tobacco-free coalitions

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Provide education on nutrition and physical activity for youth and adults

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Provide all schools with AED machines and anti-choking devices; collaborate with community pool for swimming lessons

Fatality Review

• Identify fatality review meeting schedule

Maternal and Child Health

• Promote WIC services

School Health Liaison

• Collaborate with local nurse

Health-Related Areas during Emergencies/Disasters

• Improve emergency response plan

Vital Records

• Equip vital records team with more equipment to use offsite in case of an emergency

Environmental Public Health

• Learn the new code related to eyelash extension services

• GCHD provided fall prevention education in partnership with Purdue Extension.
• GCHD partnered with Purdue Extension and Legacy Foods to provide a “Food is Medicine” program. So far, the healthy eating program has 475 participants.

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Provide a counselor to help with tobacco cessation; work with different agencies to offer cessation services

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Hire an educator to provide education and support; connect with Purdue Extension; strengthen partnerships with local hospita

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Provide a counselor to help with substance use; engaging with EMS and local providers to evaluate leading causes of death

Food Protection

• Develop a policy

• GCHD partnered with CORE+ to develop a substance use prevention program. GCHD served 342 individuals by distributing naloxone and assisting with sharps disposal.
• GCHD provided immunizations and health education to 255 individuals.

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Partner with tobacco coalition and hire health educator

Fatality Review

• Build a fetal/infant mortality review board

School Health Liaison

• Hire a school liaison

Food Protection

• Develop a written policy

Environmental Public Health

• Hire and train staff for inspections

• GCHD supported a project in partnership with White River Valley School District. This project creates play and exercise opportunities for youth and adolescents, especially those who are not involved in organized sports after school.
• GCHD hosts school-based clinics to ensure students are up-to-date with immunizations.

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Implement youth-based tobacco prevention programs; engage with Grene County Tobacco and Vape Prevention Coalition

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Expand the Food is Medicine program

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Partner with local substance use prevention council and treatment facilities

Fatality Review

• Develop team of key stakeholders to address child fatality, suicide and overdose

Environmental Public Health

• Educate staff on code changes and hire additional staff for swimming pool inspection program and vector control program

• HCHD partnered with Community Hospital and school nursing staff to provide triage education to 107 individuals.
• HCHD supports the Trinity Free Clinic. The clinic is a safety net for community members who are unable to access traditional healthcare due to financial constraints. During the first quarter of 2024, the clinic served 2,397 individuals.
• HCHD provided education on teen dating violence to 253 students.

Fatality Review

• Monitoring overdose data and phycological autopsy reviews

Maternal and Child Health

• Staff will obtain car seat safety certifications; identify disparities in birth outcomes data

School Health Liaison

• Identify health education and supplies needed

Access and Linkage to Clinical Care

• Expand partnerships with hospitals

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Seek housing options for patients with TB and reestablish partnership with hospital to provide discounted TB services

Vital Records

• Partner with Continuity of Operations Plan

Carmel Clay Schools

Hamilton Heights School Corporation

Heart and Soul Clinic

HOPE Center

Indiana Immunization Coalition

Noblesville Schools

Sheridan Community Schools

• HCHD connected with local school nurses to provide 250 summer hygiene kits to at-risk students.
• HCHD provides all certificates to the local child fatality review team and is looking to engage with a suicide and overdose fatality review team in the future.
• HCHD is hosting several immunization clinics for school-aged children this summer.

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Support local tobacco coalition by sitting on boards

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Hire a nurse to address chronic disease and partner with local healthcare systems

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Connect with IDOH and gather data on leading causes of death to determine priority programming

Fatality Review

• Start a suicide/overdose fatality review team; work with IDOH to identify leading causes of death

Maternal and Child Health

• Hire a maternal/child health nurse

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Offer translation services

Food Protection

• Upgrade software and training to switch to risk-based inspection

Environmental Public Health

• Educate staff on new code related to eyelash extension services

• HCHD provided 6,500 solar eclipse glasses to the community for the April 8 eclipse.
• HCHD partnered with their local school corporation to provide dental hygiene kits. HCHD provides supplies to nine schools for hygiene closets. These closets have daily essentials for students in need.
• HCHD has car seat technicians on staff. These technicians inspect car seats and provide education on proper installations. HCHD has provided 10 car seats this year.

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Revamp cessation program and resources; begin tobacco control coalition and partner with Our Place Drug and Alcohol Services

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Work with Health Collaboration Team to develop an obesity prevention program

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

Harrison County Community Foundation

Harrison County Coroner’s Office

Harrison County Parks

WIC

• HCHD partnered with Indiana Immunization Coalition to host an off-site clinic that served 61 patients.
• HCHD and Medical Reserve Corp offered emergency preparedness trainings. They offered Stop the Bleed training, CPR/AED training and psychological first aid.
• HCHD provided portable pack-n-plays through partnering agencies. They also provided safe sleep education to 67 individuals.

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Hire an education specialist to focus on tobacco prevention and cessation

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Hire a public health nurse to focus on obesity prevention

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Prioritize funding for evidence-based programs

Fatality Review

• Hire a public health nurse to focus on fetal/infant and suicide/overdose deaths; participate in fetal/infant mortality review team

School Health Liaison

• Hire a nurse to focus on school health

Health-Related Areas during Emergencies/Disasters

• Update emergency response plan

Vital Records

• Acquire resources to ensure no disruptions in vital records services in the event of an emergency

See additional partnerships on Hendricks County Health Partnership’s website HERE.

• HCHD provided low-cost blood work to 67 individuals. Blood work included screenings related to chronic diseases, including heart disease and cancer.
• HCHD provided lead case management and case investigation services for 170 individuals. Services included testing, providing education and connecting families to financial assistance.
• HCHD partnered with school nurses and EMS to administer vaccines to 212 individuals. Onsite and offsite clinics were offered.

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention and Cessation

• Begin work plan for CDC’s Drug Free Community Grant; connect with local hospital to support in-person cessation classes; market Quit Line through social media

Chronic Disease Prevention

• Meet with Healthy Communities to discuss strategic physical activity programming for youth; partner with local pediatrician’s office

Trauma and Injury Prevention

• Partner with Hope Initiative for substance use prevention initiatives; developing substance use prevention programs for youth

Maternal and Child Health

• Strengthen referral system with Nurse Family Partnership

Lead Case Management

• Conduct risk assessment services with environmental supervisor

Tuberculosis Prevention and Case Management

• Explore sources for interpretation services