Staff has been added in the Accounting and Data Processing units to meet state and federal reporting requirements. For an explanation of the services provided by Human Services Department, click here . Additional space for the Public Health Department is needed because of the increase in the number of services and programs provided by the department. This increase has been due to increasing needs of the families and individuals living in the county, and programs mandated by the state and federal government. Present square footage has been inadequate for department functions and inefficient for present day usage.
Additional space is needed for effective customer service.
Each program has a designated staff person to ensure efficient and effective coordination and implementation, and each program also requires space for documentation, records, supplies, resources, and implementation. In 1999, over 9,300 visits were made to 580 people with each visit requiring paper documentation and the creation of a health record for each client visited. This increasing paperwork required by the state and federal government must be filed and stored, easily accessible and retrievable. Certain records must be retained for 7 years, some as long as 28 years and others indefinitely. This paperwork creates additional record storage needs.