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021 Page 2 of Specifically, funds are awarded to Local Health Departments (LHD) with this Agreement Addendum to provide Public ealth Preparedness & Response activities, primarily to be used to support the work and/or function of the Public Health jUll Hazards Preparedness Planner/Coordinator to accomplish, at a minimum, the following activities for the period August 10, 2009 through May 31, 2010: F. At Risk Populations The local health department shall conduct a comprehensive community health assessment every 48 months. The community health assessment must fulfill the following requirement: -Identify population groups at risk for health problems during a public health emergency. The local health department shall carry out or assist other agencies in the development, implementation and evaluation of health promotion/disease prevention programs and educational materials targeted to groups identified as at-risk in the community health assessment. G. Communications The local health department shall have a system in place to receive reports of communicable diseases or other public health threats on a 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week basis. The local health department shall use two or more methods to disseminate health alerts and other advisories on real or potential disease threats, as they occur, to the local medical community, including pharmacists and veterinarians. The local health department shall provide health alerts or advisories to the news media to inform the public when disease outbreaks or other potential public health threats occur. W. Planning The local health department shall have epidemiological case investigation protocols in place that specifically refer to cases of public health emergency significance including CDC Category A agents and pandemics. The local health department shall have a public health preparedness and response plan that: -is NIMS compliant -corresponds to existing local and state emergency and 13ioterrorism plans -establishes roles and responsibilities of plan participants -identifies training for participants in those roles -establishes a chain of command among plan participants -describes a system of emergency notification to local and state public health staff and other key decision makers based upon the nature of the event -is available to staff on site The local health department shall have a defined role in the county Emergency Operations plan to protect the public's health. Specific Plans that are required: 1) County All Hazards Emergency Operations Plan that includes public health components 2) Communications Plan 3) Local SINS Distribution Plan 4) Local Health Department Pandemic Flu Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) *The local health department shall collaborate with community health care providers to provide personal and preventive health services. Revised 9/1/08