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Tacoma‑Pierce County Health Department outlines street medicine, septic O&M waiver and school safety work
Summary
Pierce County Health Department leaders briefed the board on local programs including a new street‑medicine outreach team, a waiver approach and timeline for septic operations & maintenance, school safety and online resources the health department shares with other jurisdictions.
Leaders from the Tacoma‑Pierce County Health Department presented the board with an overview of local public health programs and how they serve the county’s mix of urban, rural and military communities.
Director Chantelle Harmon Reid and Deputy Director Cindy Jitsi described a new street‑medicine program funded by the Health Care Authority that brings a clinic‑without‑walls model to unsheltered populations. The mobile team includes a primary‑care clinician, behavioral‑health services, wound and chronic‑disease care and a certified peer navigator; staff said the program will aim to bill for some services to support sustainability and will coordinate…
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