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Receive an oral presentation on the updated 2016-2021 Monterey County Health Department Strategic Plan.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Health and Human Services Committee of the Board of Supervisors:
Receive an oral presentation on the updated 2016-2021 Monterey County Health Department Strategic Plan.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Monterey County Board of Supervisors approved the Monterey County Health Department (MCHD) 2011-2015 Strategic Plan in December of 2011. MCHD implemented an action plan and has reported regularly to the Health and Human Services Committee (HHS) on outcomes focused on promoting and practicing Health in All Policies with traditional and non-traditional partners, linking and developing work within and across Bureaus in support of the initiatives, and integrating work for national public health accreditation into the implementation process.
Since early 2015, staff has been working to update the Strategic Plan. This has included reviewing indicator data in the Community Health Assessment, community survey and dialogue data collected by Impact Monterey County, and several staff surveys on department strengths and areas for improvement. Analyses indicated that in addition to our original three initiatives, MCHD needs an initiative that focuses on developing its workforce and workplace climate in order to support department work towards the three original initiatives. The original three initiatives have been refined and one new initiative and associated objectives added for our 2016-2021 MCHD Strategic Plan. The revised and new initiative and plans for developing a new action plan will be reviewed.
This work supports the following Monterey County Health Department 2011-2015 Strategic Plan initiatives: 1) Empower the community to improve health through programs, policies, and activities; 2) Enhance community health and safety by emphasizing prevention; and 3) Ensure access to culturally and linguistically appropriate, ...
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