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Tazewell County Health Department outlines services, staffing and finances during board presentation
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Tazewell County Health Department leaders summarized the agency's mission, accreditation status, programs, staffing and budget outlook, and flagged rising tuberculosis cases and cautious expansion of services at a new Pekin location.
Tazewell County Health Department administrators described the agency’s programs, staffing and budget position during a presentation to the Tazewell County Board.
The health department’s administrator, Amy Fox, and assistant administrator, Stacy Eley, told the county board that Tazewell County Health Department (TCHD) is an accredited health department, operates from two locations and currently accounts for about 110 employees across Tremont, Pekin and school-based programs. Fox said the department has been accredited since 2015 and is preparing for reaccreditation in 2027.
The department’s presentation emphasized mission and values — service, quality, accountability, integrity, collaboration, innovation and respect — and highlighted performance management, workforce development and evidence-based programming as benefits of accreditation. "It is our mission to promote and protect the public's health and well-being," Fox said. Eley added that the department’s Office of Planning houses epidemiology, emergency preparedness and communications staff that…
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