2009 Public Health Budget
Program Changes and Reductions for 2009
The King County Council adopted the 2009 budget for Public Health on November 24, 2008. Read more about it at www.kingcounty.gov/council/budget
Permanent On-Going Reductions
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New Business Models:
- Change contract model for OB/Maternity Services.
- Narrow focus of tuberculosis investigations to high risk.
- Reduce Maternity Support Services (MSS) home visits.
- Move from direct interpretation to telephonic interpretation services.
Efficiencies:
- Reduce Access & Outreach services provided by community based organizations.
- Reduce Community Assessment and Policy Development functions, reducing data collection and grant-development.
- Restructure Communicable Disease reporting and investigation systems.
- Implement efficiencies and economies generated at over 10 public health centers and central administrative programs.
- Transfer the WIC program from Public Health Centers to community site.
- Reduce the phlebotomy and medical/lab support at 2 Public Health Centers.
- Centralize process for family referral service, eliminating personal assistance for 800 clients.
- Reduce Dental Clinic staffing to meet client demand.
- Centralize business operations for Public Health clinics.
- Local Hazardous Waste team consolidation.
Program Reductions:
- Eliminate HIV/AIDS Hotline.
- Reduce Vector/Nuisance Control service, leading to reduced response to rodent complaints.
- Close pharmacy at 1 Public Health Center.
- Discontinue HIV/AIDS perinatal case management of NW Family Center.
- Eliminate Street Outreach with pregnant women and families involved in substance use.
- Reduce the number of Immunization Clinics from 9 full-time, to 4 part-time Clinics.
- Reduce Nurse Family Partnership home visits to 25 new teen mothers and infants.
Administrative Reductions:
- Reduce administration functions including MIS, Business Standards & Accountability, Contracting, and Budget & Finance.
Update - June 4, 2009: Lifeboat funding to end for many services facing elimination while stop-gap measures save some public health, criminal justice and human services www.kingcounty.gov/exec/news/release/2009/June/04budget.aspx
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