Primary Department: Public Health Services
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Leah Barton - Interim Executive Director
Secondary Department: County Administration
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: Diana Ramirez - County Administrator
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Transmittal
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Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Transmittal by Public Health Services of a report on progress made toward the recommendations made in the Veterinary Public Health (VPH) Assessment Office of County Administration (OCA) report.
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Background and Discussion:
On October 8th, during the discussion of the OCA report on Veterinary Public Health (VPH), Commissioner Garcia made a motion to discuss VPH's progress made toward the recommendations made in the VPH Assessment OCA report on the March 27th Commissioners Court. OCA made three general considerations in the report.
* Continue developing intake management strategies, building out shelter staff, and promoting responsible pet ownership.
* Embrace the One Health Framework and enhance activities in the context of Social Determinants of Health and the Community Health Assessment's (CHA) findings.
* Continue prioritizing collaborations with the City of Houston BARC and nonprofit organizations.
VPH already has programs and activities around intake management strategies, collaborations with BARC and nonprofits, and promoting responsible pet ownerships, and have taken additional actions since the October 8th motion. The attached slide deck provides a breakdown of existing activities and what has been imp...
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