Kiowa County Commissioners 719.438.5810 P.O. Box 100 Eads, CO 81036
Action 22 is made up of 22 southern and eastern Colo. counties and numerous business, municipal and individual members-- they in general promote the well being of the area and keep all members appraised of legislation and actually take position of support or opposition on various bills and issues. Kiowa County is a member of Action 22 
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Commissioner Meetings February 14, 2012 February 28, 2012 Open to the public 9:00am 4 day notice is preferred for posted agenda For Immediate Release December ----- 2011 Kiowa County Public Health Services to be provided through INTERGOVERMENTAL agreement with Prowers County Public Health and Environment Eads, CO– The Kiowa County Board of County Commissioners has approved an intergovernmental agreement with Prowers County, and the Prowers County Public Health and Environment (PCPHE) agency to expand their agreement to now provide required, core public health services to Kiowa County for 2012. Prowers County Public Health and Environment has been providing required environmental health services, primarily retail food inspections and consumer protection to Kiowa County since 1996. At that time Baca, Bent, Kiowa and Prowers County implemented the regional environmental health program, with services provided by Prowers County. For many years PCPHE has also provided the Nurse Family Partnership program and the Healthy Communities program, a Medicaid case management and referral program, to residents of Kiowa County. The Kiowa County Board, who also acts as the Kiowa County Board of Health, believes that this agreement will provide efficiencies for the agency, reducing costs, while also meeting the state requirements for public health services. Jacqueline Brown, MSN, APRN, the Director of Public Health and Environment for Prowers County will be designated as the director of Public Health for the Kiowa County Public Health Agency. Additionally, the public health staff from Prowers County, including public health nursing staff, will be providing the required public health services for Kiowa County as they are scheduled and needed. The Prowers staff will also manage all public health emergencies such as communicable disease outbreaks or other such events for Kiowa County, including the Health Alert Network notification and the Colorado Disease Reporting systems. The mission of the public health agency is the delivery of the required and necessary public health services. The public health nursing staff will not be providing primary health care or care of the sick, including blood pressure monitoring. Residents will be referred for any of those types of requests for services to a primary health care provider. Currently, plans are to publish and post the schedules monthly to inform county residents when immunization and WIC clinics will be held. Bent County Public Health will continue to provide the WIC clinic once per month through a previous arrangement. Public health staff is currently and will continue to call and/or send reminders to parents for their children to obtain immunizations. Additionally, contact information for the agency will be posted on the Kiowa County web site for all public health staff along with other public health information links and information, including vital statistics. Clinics will continue to be provided at the Kiowa County Public Health office at 1206 Luther St, in Eads. “We look forward to partnering with Kiowa County to provide public health services to the residents of Kiowa County” states Jackie Brown, RN. “This is a wonderful opportunity for Kiowa and Prowers County to work together. Small counties in Colorado have fewer resources, both money and people who are qualified to provide public health services. They must become creative and think differently, while at the same time fulfilling their responsibilities to the public they serve.”
Kiowa County 2011 BUDGET FINAL Kiowa County 2010 Audited Financial Statement Kiowa County Commissioners Kiowa County Courthouse 1305 Goff Street PO Box 100 Eads, CO 81036 Phone: 719-438-5810/5818 FAX: 719-438-5615 E-mail: commissioners@kiowacountycolo.com
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by Dick Scott DAY CARE
Commissioners Calendar Commissioner Meetings
February 14, 2012 February 28, 2012
Open to the public 9:00am 4 day notice is preferred for posted agenda
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