[0:11] Okay.
[0:16] » [clears throat]
[0:27] » You got 5 minutes.
[0:37] Really really appreciates you this year.
I think you do a wonderful job.
[0:46] Yeah,
it's nice to see her feel a little
[0:49] better for you.
[1:01] She has so much anxiety when their
treatments are over because it's like
[1:05] now
[1:15] Yeah, maybe okay.
[1:42] 4 and 1/2 and 3 years
>> I know, but there's
[1:47] I I didn't think they were specially
Yeah, oh yeah.
[1:50] » They're fun.
Yesterday was Winston was 3, so we had a
[1:54] party at
Carly's and
[1:57] » So, remember one Guinness pizza
We went one time and our oldest was
[2:03] maybe
15 18
[2:05] » I wouldn't do the front row unless
you're going to use the podium.
[2:09] » And she said, "Yeah." And I said, "Well,
that's what friends were you were
[2:12] little."
>> It was SARS in West Nile virus.
[2:14] » And we were like, "Okay, you're not
eating. We're going to go sit in the
[2:17] car."
>> And we went to the hospital.
[2:18] » And we were in this bathroom and
>> Yeah, things are a lot different
[2:22] » I know I know.
>> They're not as good.
[2:23] » No, they're not. I'm still saying
they're not.
[2:25] » I walked a couple times.
>> Yeah.
[2:26] » Yeah.
>> Yeah. How's it going?
[2:27] » It's well.
>> How about you?
[2:30] » Yeah, it was SARS that went around the
company and stuff.
[2:34] That's pretty good.
>> They never really know.
[2:35] » Yeah, but we were playing SARS and
stuff.
[2:40] » Well, the way we were doing it was
that's why you didn't
[2:44] » Yeah, and then a lot of times it's like
they're sick all the time with their
[2:46] cancer and stuff.
Yeah, but it's my chance.
[2:50] » Yeah.
>> Was that uh
[2:52] » I went to college.
>> So, when you're going in
[2:54] » She's had all her treatments.
>> You know, we're just waiting to go see
[2:56] her.
>> Well, it goes through her whole system.
[3:00] » She's turned best down and
[3:04] » Hi Tyler.
>> Hi Ian.
[3:07] » You can't walk in energy like that.
>> I think they just
[3:11] » It's carefully and well I was really
playing, you
[3:14] » But I guess that's how they
>> Is Heather going to be here today?
[3:19] » Yeah, there's
>> Okay. I got to talk to her about the
[3:21] dogs. That's interesting that
someone is assuming
[3:25] » Yeah, he's talking to me.
>> So, Heather had a biopsy and he said
[3:29] Every time they did a biopsy
>> What was that under that?
[3:31] » I thought it was under that. I thought
it was under that.
[3:33] » The other one did.
>> No, this is all of Heather's survival
[3:36] day. They
did it right before
[3:40] And then her lung mass and stuff.
>> 12 Okay.
[3:43] » Yeah, we're Yeah, I I have
grandchildren. The boys are just turning
[3:46] 12. Twin boys also.
[3:51] » Three.
>> Well, they're getting
[3:52] » And it's always
>> whatever
[3:56] » I didn't watch my rabbit.
>> That's the first thing.
[3:58] » Really?
>> One make out five to twenty.
[4:02] » Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay.
>> They were
[4:04] » The other one is just like that.
>> Yeah, they were always hot.
[4:06] » They just kept on going.
>> They just kept
[4:07] » What if
>> Yeah.
[4:08] » I actually
>> I got to get caffeine.
[4:09] » I drink coffee.
>> Based on what
[4:12] » Yeah, you can be our best
>> places.
[4:13] » We both thought that
>> She just kept cuz there's no place
[4:16] » never
>> I brought her some daisies.
[4:17] » No.
>> I brought her
[4:18] » I brought her
>> She was really nice to
[4:20] » Oh.
>> I'm taking
[4:21] » She said that stuff.
>> Nothing more than that.
[4:23] » Okay.
>> You can see them or something.
[4:25] » We were done through the whole ordeal.
>> So, now he's telling
[4:29] » That's about
>> They're really
[4:30] » Good.
>> Very good.
[4:32] » So,
>> But, we don't live over six miles from
[4:35] where they live, so you know, whatever.
We have we have no influence, so we're
[4:39] » How are you?
>> Good. How are you doing?
[4:40] » I'm good.
[4:45] » We're closed.
[4:54] Let's call the meeting to order.
[4:59] Is everybody ready to announce
themselves?
[5:03] » Sure.
>> Sure.
[5:04] » No, you can start.
>> Yeah.
[5:05] » Start with you.
>> Uh Dr. Amy Slaughter.
[5:07] » Grace Slaughter.
>> Bob Sassaman.
[5:10] » Mike Mayhew order.
>> Russell William.
[5:12] » Carrie Crofford.
>> Okay.
[5:16] First thing is the approval of the
minutes. If everybody's had a chance to
[5:19] look at that.
[5:23] » I move we approve the minutes.
>> Second.
[5:26] » Is there any discussion? Anybody have
any other issues?
[5:29] » I had a couple things, but I gave them
to Laura. Just Just type them up.
[5:33] » Okay.
Yeah, there is one of those.
[5:36] Uh okay. Everybody in favor of the
minutes being passed, say I.
[5:41] » I.
>> Opposed?
[5:43] » Nay.
>> Minutes are passed.
[5:47] Uh
any old business at all? There's nothing
[5:50] on here.
>> We can talk about the budget really
[5:52] quick. Um
[5:57] the um
[6:00] health funds uh for Indiana health
funding uh we're going to have some
[6:05] carryover in this year's budget for
2026.
[6:09] So, even though we're getting the
178,000
[6:13] plus for health first and we're giving
that to partners, we're going to try to
[6:17] carry over some money in that fund and
do more with that. Up to five partners
[6:23] now uh confirmed for health first
funding with the carryover and the one
[6:28] money we're getting in January.
So, um
[6:32] when the uh you'll hear in January's
meeting if the council approves it, then
[6:38] I'll be able to give you a a better
layout of who's getting what for the
[6:41] year. You know, we have two school
systems that applied. We have the
[6:46] clinic, we have Hope Center, and we have
um
[6:52] I can't remember the other one, but yes.
So, we're doing our best to
[6:57] We're doing our best to get um
everybody
[7:00] uh all their needs and wishes as best as
we can. So, I'll bring I'll be more uh
[7:05] forthcoming when that gets
detailed. But, we're trying to use as
[7:09] much as we can of that fund to continue.
Other than that, that should be the
[7:14] biggest old business.
>> Okay.
[7:16] » I have a question.
>> Yeah.
[7:17] » Um oftentimes with government funding,
if it's not used in one year, it's lost.
[7:23] And so, that is that's obviously then
not the case with this fund?
[7:27] » No, so uh
the the health department and the
[7:31] assessor's office and some other couple
few things in the county are specially
[7:35] we're not through the county general. We
have our own tax levy. So, if you look
[7:40] at a of pie, there's certain slices. We
get a slice every year no matter what
[7:44] cuz of state code.
And so we get a small percentage. Now,
[7:48] the council can change that percentage
every year, but we get a small
[7:52] percentage, and that stays in our levy
no matter what. They can't take it back
[7:56] out.
So, whatever they give to us, it stays
[7:59] there, and if we don't use it, it stays
there for the next year. So, I don't
[8:02] even have to go back and ask for
what's the word where we keep it from
[8:07] one year to the next. It just goes back
in the fund.
[8:10] » Yeah.
>> So, we'll go back and
[8:12] reappropriate the budget for a different
budget in January carryover money that
[8:17] we would forward to the state. And then
we can use that funds going forward from
[8:22] there.
>> Thank you.
[8:23] » Yep.
[8:27] » Is there any new business anybody has?
[8:32] » Well, just I'll use do it now instead of
later, but I brought an interesting
[8:36] editorial in
uh by a
[8:39] a health official, and he teaches, and
it's just interesting
[8:44] uh summarizing the the general view of
the United States on the health
[8:49] departments and overall health. Um
along with that, which it's just
[8:55] interesting contrary,
we really have to be proud of our staff
[8:58] here in our county. They do an
exceptional job with limited resources
[9:02] just like Scott was discussing this
balancing act with the budget, but they
[9:08] all do a great job. They're very devoted
and dedicated. And uh we're fortunate to
[9:13] have them all.
[9:16] The unsung heroes of our county.
>> I fully agree with that.
[9:22] » Well, then let's go to the reports, Dr.
Burkett.
[9:26] » I have lots of reports, but again, just
kind of going along with that theme,
[9:31] Scott has spent a lot of time trying to
look over the of
[9:35] from these different departments
and trying to figure out how to shuffle
[9:40] the funds in you know what I mean
in different directions and set up
[9:44] budgets for for those different
partners.
[9:48] We in particular
we met with
[9:54] the administration for the free clinic.
Um
[9:59] they have been funded um
quite a few dollars particularly to look
[10:05] at or to treat um early prenatal visits.
Um and
[10:12] that being said, they've had very few
prenatal visits. I can probably count
[10:16] them on one hand the number that they
have seen and record what they've done
[10:23] and report that back to us. Um so we try
to
[10:28] figure out with them how to use that
funding and moving forward, how much
[10:34] funding to give them again. Um it's been
I don't want to call it a nightmare, but
[10:39] kind of a nightmare for for Scott
and everybody here to try and
[10:44] direct those funds and and then prove to
the state that we're getting outcomes.
[10:50] We've We've now they now are wanting to
see the outcomes of
[10:54] the funding that's been handed out.
Um so that takes a lot of time to
[11:00] for them to report the numbers back to
us and then for Scott to pass them on to
[11:05] the state. So the
original uh terminology that the state
[11:11] gave us was that this is just money, no
strings attached.
[11:15] Um
but
[11:18] as as we've seen there's a lot of
strings attached and
[11:22] it's taken a lot of time and um
at least several of the partners have
[11:28] not actually spent that money on what
it's been funded for. So that's as the
[11:33] reason you have extra money carried over
into the next year and possibly into the
[11:37] new year on that.
Um,
[11:40] otherwise, you know,
everybody you can see in their reports
[11:43] as well have been pretty busy and
[11:49] » What are they looking for in terms of
outcome?
[11:51] » [clears throat]
>> They're They're very specific
[11:56] um
data points that that they look at um
[12:02] for each
for each amount of dollars we've handed
[12:06] out they've they've wanted
uh the partners to to record numbers
[12:12] like again with the with the free clinic
um it was it was directed towards
[12:17] prenatal care.
So, they wanted them to record the exact
[12:22] number of of patients
ladies that they've seen uh for prenatal
[12:26] care.
But, they don't do much prenatal care.
[12:30] And probably the majority of the county
doesn't even know that that clinic
[12:33] exists. Um, so in order to
document um that they've used this money
[12:41] for the the fine reason
I'm very difficult. The Boone Center um
[12:47] funding we gave them quite a few dollars
actually was
[12:51] uh designed to look at smoking
cessation.
[12:55] Well, all of a sudden
um when the legislature met
[13:00] that went away.
So, the Boone Center actually had to
[13:03] give us money back because it had to
stop right at that point
[13:07] uh and they hadn't seen very many
people. They'd only gotten what one
[13:11] quarter's worth of
two quarters' worth of the funding
[13:14] anyway, so they actually gave
um money back. So, I mean
[13:19] and and now um all those numbers they
changed the terminology so that they
[13:24] want to look at outcomes. So,
we're looking at numbers Um
[13:29] and all those get reported to the state.
State's got a whole bunch of
[13:34] I don't want to say young college kids,
but
[13:37] they've got a lot of young kids straight
out of college that are looking at all
[13:40] this data and recording it and then we
have to try to figure out at what point
[13:45] does that data mean something.
Does that Does that answer your
[13:48] question? I don't know. There's There
are a lot of
[13:51] We can We can come up with lists for
these things if you want to see them,
[13:55] but
very complicated.
[13:59] » Sounds like a moving target.
>> It is.
[14:02] Absolutely.
Um and but the bottom line is if they
[14:06] can't record
numbers of you know those data points
[14:10] for each amount of funding, then it's
difficult to justify them getting more
[14:15] money for this next year.
Um and
[14:22] Okay.
Thanks.
[14:25] » Any other questions?
[14:28] Thank you, Dr. Burken.
Didn't you just have a work anniversary,
[14:32] Scott?
>> Uh
[14:33] coming up uh
this next week, I will be here uh 29
[14:38] years. So.
Yeah.
[14:42] » Impressive.
>> [laughter]
[14:48] » Yeah, 29 years on next uh the 29th. So.
>> Congratulations.
[14:53] » Thanks.
>> Heather.
[14:56] » So, 11 is my normal duties.
Um
[14:59] so, the main thing this quarter is that
all of our captains rising.
[15:05] Pretty much
uh not over five. That's the higher
[15:09] range when Scott has to go to the home
and do an assessment.
[15:13] Um they're between 3.5 and 4.9.
So, um
[15:19] trying to get those parents back into
the doctors to get
[15:23] a recheck
or another
[15:26] We we like to have a venous draw, but a
lot of the parents won't do that.
[15:30] So
it just it's constant waiting, checking
[15:34] to see have they been back?
Is the lead level back down?
[15:39] I think I have probably 20 20-some
that's what's levels between the 3.5 and
[15:46] the 4.5.
>> And there's one more number so we get
[15:50] them from the finger sticks samples.
Um which are notoriously
[15:55] higher. Um so if we get a venous sample
typically it's
[15:59] » My grandson had a little bit higher like
that
[16:04] » I don't
I'll call the
[16:06] » [clears throat]
>> leave them a message, they don't call
[16:08] back.
[16:11] So it's it's a struggle trying to get
them to
[16:14] come back in.
>> Is somebody suing for a dog bite for
[16:17] $90?
>> They are.
[16:20] » Somebody suing somebody? Was there a bad
injury or just somebody mad?
[16:23] » I I would say honestly it was an average
injury compared to all my other bites.
[16:29] I've had worse.
Um
[16:31] I believe
the individual
[16:35] thought that this dog
I only have one other documented case
[16:39] from this dog that they have been told
that the dog has bit somebody three
[16:43] other times, three other people.
So
[16:48] I
>> Dangerous.
[16:50] » It's kind of outrageous,
[16:53] » Any other questions for her?
>> Do you have any thoughts about why the
[16:57] lead levels are higher now?
>> No, um honestly
[17:03] when the state raised the value
I feel that's why we're getting all of
[17:08] these lower. I mean they're they're very
low.
[17:11] » Sure.
>> Usually they're just right over
[17:15] 3.5.
And the the value used to be five, so we
[17:20] wouldn't have all of these.
>> I think it's probably something that
[17:23] » Well, you speak but five years ago state
mandated that any kid child on Medicaid
[17:28] had to be tested by age two. So, that
jumped us up and then they changed the
[17:32] level from five down to 3.5 and that
jumped us up again.
[17:37] So, it's not like
all of a sudden they're getting they
[17:39] have consistently been poisoned over the
years. We're just now identifying
[17:43] » like sampling bias.
>> Yeah, exactly.
[17:46] » Yep.
>> Makes more sense.
[17:50] » Anything else?
So, it's similar to yours though. I
[17:52] think we [clears throat] had discussed
that all
[17:55] some of this lead the source of lead was
from toys from China and some of these
[18:00] cribs that were painted. So, that was
kind of interesting.
[18:05] » I'm still concerned about the toys from
China.
[18:11] » I wonder if we were ever checked when we
were kids. We had lead-based paint
[18:14] everywhere.
[18:17] » Anything else?
Thank you, Heather.
[18:20] Uh Tracy?
>> The only thing that I need to add to my
[18:23] report is Dollar Tree, Dollar General,
and Dunkin' Donuts all got remodeled.
[18:28] Um
and then other than that, I've just been
[18:31] busy with the year end renewals.
[18:37] » Any
questions for Tracy?
[18:41] Thank you.
And we'll go to April.
[18:45] » I don't remember my report. I will be
going out to do another screening at um
[18:51] Blue River here in town. Um
It was a poor turnout and
[18:58] that was arranged by their
so
[19:01] activity kind of person
and
[19:05] the
lady who was in charge of
[19:08] getting the housing filled and stuff
there and
[19:10] she was not happy.
So, she called and asked us if we could
[19:15] come back out because when she takes
care of it, there's a list and she'll go
[19:19] around and knock on doors and say, "Hey,
they're here."
[19:22] So, we are going to go back out,
redo that clinic.
[19:26] I am going to do a flu clinic at
Sherburne School
[19:29] next week. They called and asked if we
would come back and do just flu, so
[19:34] we're going to do that.
[19:39] Other than that,
um this week and next week I am taking a
[19:42] peer
certified peer recovery coaching course.
[19:47] So, that's maybe something that we'll be
able to offer here in the county and I
[19:51] want to work with the J-CAP program and
work release
[19:55] on that.
Just helping Darcy with
[20:00] uh
CPR,
[20:03] car seat
safety stuff. We've got a couple of
[20:06] events coming up.
[20:11] » It look like you've been busy.
>> Any questions for
[20:15] Thank you.
Then on to Scott.
[20:21] » Um it was really busy until it rained. I
was
[20:26] You know, it's been extremely dry, so
it's great for septic system
[20:29] installation, so I was busy every day
with that. That's slowed down a little
[20:32] bit since then.
I had a couple coroner interactions for
[20:36] homes.
Uh it's slowed down slightly for them,
[20:40] but it's still
a big issue of um
[20:44] men, single men dying in homes,
especially over the age of 65. So,
[20:49] that's something that we're looking at,
trying to address with the uh
[20:53] the senior center about maybe doing
something like a morning coffee
[20:57] uh for gentlemen that are widowed and uh
could come in and
[21:03] be around other people, maybe get a
better meal, things like that. That's
[21:06] what we're finding issues there. So,
um just the normal things uh that end of
[21:11] the year is a lot because of the health
first funding. Uh there's many things we
[21:16] have to go in online and complete uh
budgets to finish, uh paperwork to sign
[21:23] off on. So, we're trying to
do that when they open up the portal for
[21:27] me to go in take a look. So, there's a
lot involved in that.
[21:31] Like Dr. Burke was saying, there's now
14 key performance outcomes uh that they
[21:36] want us to track. And that's why we
choose the certain partners that we
[21:40] choose because they take care of certain
things that we can trace back to those
[21:45] outcomes. And so, that's why we choose
them because they're doing clinical work
[21:49] that we don't do so that we can follow
that throughout the county. And so,
[21:53] that's the partners that we try to
choose to do some of those things.
[21:57] And um then we have three specific key
performance outcomes that we've been
[22:02] assigned to Whitley County, which would
be uh maternal child care, um
[22:07] opioid and mental health issues, and um
chronic disease, which we focus on
[22:12] diabetes at that point. So, there are
certain
[22:16] um
like
[22:18] how many cases of diabetes, you know, or
can we be referred to programs? You
[22:23] know, how many mothers and child things
like that that we're trying to they sign
[22:27] specifically. And if you go to our
website, uh you can see on the health
[22:31] plan there what uh it is for this year,
then it'll change for 2026.
[22:37] Uh as they refine those numbers, we look
at different things, they take different
[22:40] data points,
and go from there. Um a lot of data's
[22:44] not available locally, so they have to
use CDC or state data.
[22:49] Sometimes that's 3 4 years off. And so,
sometimes you don't get a lot
[22:55] right down good data with that.
Um and then every quarter or half a
[22:59] year, depending on what partner we're
using, uh they have to report their
[23:03] numbers to us. So, we give them money to
use for their project, but then they got
[23:07] to give us numbers back. How many people
they see, what are they spending their
[23:10] money on, things like that. So, all
that's sent back to me and I put stick
[23:15] it in the computer and then I'll spin it
back out to the state when they want it.
[23:18] So, I think a lot of why we're doing a
lot of this, why Health First Indiana's
[23:24] here,
uh you know, Indiana's reported as being
[23:26] the 45th worst state when it comes to
health.
[23:30] And I think most of it's a numbers game.
The state didn't really get a lot of
[23:35] good feedback on really what's going on
for health in with in Indiana.
[23:40] And so, this is an attempt to get
real-time numbers, see how we really
[23:45] that bad or we just have a bad reporting
system. You can only be gauged on what
[23:51] level you're at depending on what the
information is. So, I think it's a
[23:55] better
choice, you know, going county by
[23:57] county, trying to get better data so
that we can actually see where Indiana
[24:01] is truly health-wise. So, I think
uh end of this year will be 2 full years
[24:08] of it. They'll have to report to the
state and so, hopefully or to the
[24:11] legislator and the governor. So,
hopefully
[24:14] we'll see a better increase in where
Indiana ranks health-wise.
[24:19] Uh last thing, uh next Thursday, if you
didn't get the invite, uh 30th,
[24:24] upstairs, we're having the state come
in. Unfortunately, Dr. Weaver can't
[24:28] attend. Uh the governor
took her away, but the deputy
[24:32] commissioner, Pam Patonus, who's been
with the state for 35 years, will be
[24:36] here in her place. But they're still
going to come in. We'll have everybody
[24:39] that's been invited. So, if you can make
it at 11:00
[24:42] on the 30th, we'll be upstairs.
[24:47] » Any questions for Scott?
[24:51] Thank you very much
and then we're going to Danielle.
[24:56] » I had a busy quarter.
So, it was full of breastfeeding week in
[25:00] August. So,
the first Friday of the downtown.
[25:04] Um I did a couple classes at the
hospital on nutrition.
[25:08] And then, my food to table class started
solids.
[25:12] Um I also have a class at the library.
Attended a baby fair at the library and
[25:17] the hospital.
Um Darcy and I started with Laura Tucker
[25:23] at Baby Started the Circle
to close part of the group support group
[25:28] twice a month and it's been
fabulous.
[25:32] We definitely needed
Um
[25:35] it's just
really fun.
[25:38] Um
and that's most, I guess, of what I've
[25:41] done. We have also
>> [snorts]
[25:44] » started going around to the providers in
the area.
[25:48] We visited Dr. Sadler. So,
um we're going to get through all of
[25:51] them, hopefully,
through November, I
[25:56] So.
[25:58] » Any questions?
>> Thank you.
[26:03] And then, Darcy.
>> So, I need to clarify. Jacob doesn't
[26:08] help me with CPR and car seats. I help
April with CPR and car seats. I just got
[26:13] to
make that clear.
[26:15] Um
So,
[26:17] for the next few weeks, I'm really going
to focus on grant writing just so we
[26:21] have, hopefully, funds available for
programming and just because
[26:25] everything's so limited. Um
when Danielle and I go out, we're
[26:29] visiting all the providers with a
resource guide that we put together. I
[26:32] hope it's beneficial.
>> It's amazing.
[26:34] » Yeah. Um
so,
[26:37] we just found that there were so many
things available to people in the
[26:40] Whatcom County, but we didn't They don't
know about them. So, it's a a notebook
[26:46] with
There's probably 25 resources in it that
[26:50] And most of it is free to
individuals in the county. So, we still
[26:54] have two more weeks of visits to get in,
but every provider and Dr. Lee, if you
[26:59] would like one,
I have an extra up in the office for
[27:03] you.
>> I know.
[27:04] » I have it scheduled to come visit you.
Or we haven't.
[27:08] As far as the prenatal visits are
concerned,
[27:12] I don't [clears throat] know if I shared
this with you that last time, but we I
[27:15] have a bachelor's
in nursing and public health student
[27:19] with me. And she is working on it. How
do we get the word out to let women know
[27:24] here are some resources available?
Um
[27:27] and so she has been going around to the
retailers that sell pregnancy tests and
[27:33] asking them if we can either hang a
flyer or wrap the pregnancy test with
[27:39] information because they have been
finding women are coming in and they're
[27:43] 5-6 months along and they have had no
prenatal care. And that puts women at
[27:48] higher risk of a poor outcome. So, um
she is working on that and a lot of the
[27:52] retailers have been agreeable. Dollar
General said yes, the IGA and Sherbusco
[27:57] said yes.
Um I was at a Kroger this week, they
[28:00] were very supportive. So,
um she's working on that.
[28:04] Um the American Heart Association, our
um service member we had Ashley. We were
[28:10] We're approved, right Scott, to bring
somebody back full time for another
[28:14] year. So, that was up in the air. It's
it's going to look a little bit
[28:18] different, but there's still lots of
work to do there. I don't know if I put
[28:22] this on my report, we launched
NeighborLink. Um and that Sonya Rubrake
[28:28] um that works with April kind of took
that on, but that's a program. So, if a
[28:33] older adult needs their light bulbs
changed or they need a ramp, um
[28:39] there's volunteers that will do those
services for free. So, we're going to um
[28:44] hopefully get some individuals that will
utilize those
[28:48] And then we wrap up the Women's Wellness
next week and I did start teaching at
[28:52] JCAP this week, um which is a great
program. Statistically, individuals that
[28:57] go through JCAP have a 37% chance of not
re-offending. And so I've just been
[29:02] working with them on
um this week we did um
[29:07] you know, when you're when you leave the
jail, what your health care will look
[29:12] like. And um
interestingly, none of them had a
[29:15] provider before they were um
incarcerated. So, that was one thing I
[29:20] really encouraged them, find a health
care provider when you leave. So, you
[29:24] have that safety net.
And then as far as the resource guides,
[29:27] everybody gets credit for that because
the entire department helps put that
[29:31] together. So,
I appreciate that.
[29:35] Any questions? I just keep
finding new things to do.
[29:40] » [laughter]
[29:44] » Looks pretty busy, so.
Um thank you and then we're down to
[29:50] Laura.
>> Um my report pretty much speaks for
[29:53] itself. We have had two home births uh
this week. I did get a phone call from a
[29:58] father who delivered on 30. So, we're
trying to figure out how that birth will
[30:03] be recorded. I think it's going to have
to be recorded as a home birth
[30:07] unintended. Um however, he did tell me
he had a midwife. The midwife was the
[30:13] one who sent him on to Fort Wayne
after 3 hours of labor. So, I did send
[30:18] him back to the midwife. I talked to
Allen County and they said send him back
[30:21] to the midwife to see if she'll
start the process because most of the
[30:25] questions that need to be answered in
the form are from the provider. Um and
[30:30] then she would just file it as a
um home birth unintended with the
[30:35] address that he provides. He would be
the sort of the um attending.
[30:40] If she won't do that, then he's to come
back to me and get the packet and we'll
[30:44] do that through the health department. I
was fearing that we would start to have
[30:48] births on 30 because
they're going to Fort Wayne, they're not
[30:52] going to Kosciusko. Um deaths have
remained high. Um if you could keep the
[30:57] staff at Smith's in in your prayers,
they are overwhelmed. They're not
[31:03] getting a break. They're just doing one
funeral right after another. They've
[31:07] worked, I think,
>> 17 days.
[31:09] » 17 days without break.
Um so, they are overwhelmed. Um I'm
[31:14] seeing that we have an increase in
prostate cancer
[31:19] um in our deaths. And then we did have
two suicides and three car crash
[31:24] victims. We just had a car crash victim
yesterday though. It's not in the
[31:28] statistics. It'll be in next my next
report, so.
[31:36] » Any questions for Laura?
[31:40] » Thank you.
I think everybody does a great job. It
[31:44] looks like there's a lot going on, so.
Anything else to come before the board
[31:50] with anybody?
[31:53] Well, is there a motion to adjourn now?
>> So moved.
[31:58] » A second?
>> Second.
[32:01] » Okay.
Uh
[32:03] then all in favor say aye.
>> Aye.
[32:06] » Opposed, nay.
Motion carried.
[32:46] » I