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• Provides education, training, and exercises on how to mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from any disaster whether it is natural, man-made, or an act of terrorism

• Responsible for developing and maintaining the county Emergency Operations Plans (EOP), five-year training and exercise plans, and the Hazard Mitigation Plan

Services include:

• Communicable disease education, monitoring, and surveillance

• Communicable Disease Investigation - Investigates outbreaks of communicable diseases in Rice County in conjunction with the Minnesota Department of Health

• Covid-19 vaccines

• Emergency Preparedness includes coordination, planning, and communicating with partner agencies, organizations, and local community members

• HPV vaccine

• International Travelers' Health Immunization Information

• Naloxone overdose prevention kits (visit website for additional information)

• Sexually transmitted disease testing and treatment for chlamydia and gonorrhea (provide free condoms)

• Tuberculosis testing and treatment

• Vaccination (see Immunizations Program)

• Vector-borne disease information and prevention (Zika virus)

Offers health trainings including: CPR trainings, first aid classes, and Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training. In addition, this department provides public health emergency preparedness and response services for natural and man-made emergencies.

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.

Public Health Emergency Preparedness is the capability of the public health and human care systems, communities, and individuals to prevent, protect against, quickly respond to, and recover from health emergencies. Public Health Emergency Preparedness includes:

• Dispensing/vaccination clinics

• Essential services such as isolation and quarantine

• Mass care shelters and evacuation points coordination

• Medical countermeasures

• Volunteer management

Human Service Emergency Preparedness includes:

• Behavioral health services

• Disaster food stamps to replace food destroyed by a disaster

• Provides citizens with information about disaster preparation

• Coordinates the development and updating of the county's Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) that addresses all natural or manmade hazards that may affect the citizens of Sherburne County

• Coordinates, develops, conducts, and evaluates various disaster exercises

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.

Coordinates emergency preparedness throughout the county. In addition to the writing and coordination of emergency operation plans, emergency management offers public education, and provides assistance to local jurisdictions and county agencies before, during, and after disasters strike.

• Provides citizens with information about disaster preparation

• Coordinates the development and updating of the county's Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) that addresses all natural or manmade hazards that may affect the citizens of Dakota County

• Coordinates, develops, conducts, and evaluates various disaster exercises

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training. Provides:

• Community planning for disaster response

• Home safety and emergency plans

• Volunteer recruitment and training for Medical Reserve Corps to be used if there is a health emergency

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.

• Administers and maintains the Minnesota system for Tracking Resources, Alerts, and Communications (MNTrac), a database-driven web application designed to track bed, pharmaceutical, and resource availability from hospitals and provide for allocation of resources to support surge capacity needs

• Administers grants funding emergency preparedness, including work plans, technical and administrative guidance, and other federal and state requirements

• Assists local public health departments, hospitals, and other partners with their preparedness education and training activities

• Coordinates the Department of Health's preparedness activities and assists MDH staff, local public health agencies, hospitals, health care organizations, tribes, and public health officials in planning for, responding to, and recovering from public health emergencies and other community disasters

• Coordinates Minnesota Responds Medical Reserve Corps, a partnership of local and regional health volunteer programs that assist health agencies during an emergency

• Coordinates response to public health emergencies such as floods, widespread disease outbreaks, bioterrorism events, natural disasters, or other events that have a public health impact. Manages the Department Operations Center and supports the State Emergency Operations Center for health effects.

• Leads the planning for and coordination of Minnesota's Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) which allows for the rapid distribution of vaccines and other health care supplies during a public health emergency; manages a state stockpile of resources

?- Operates Health Alert Network, which alerts local public health agencies, clinicians, hospitals, and other partners in Minnesota's health care system to events that may threaten the health of Minnesotans

Advocacy Services:

• The center advocates in areas of civil and human rights, employment/disability benefits, housing, transportation, and on the state, local, and federal levels

Equipment Loaner Closet:

• Loans a range of home medical equipment including wheelchairs, walkers, power chairs, canes, transfer benches, raised toilet seats, and more. Equipment are available on a first come first served basis and will hold equipment for a 24-hour period.

• Swap Shop: A self-directed equipment listing available for persons shopping/looking for used equipment.

Information and Referral:

• Up-to-date disability information and referrals to various agencies and individuals within the region

• Other Services: Includes disability benefits application assistance, housing assistance, emergency disaster preparedness plan, and more

Nursing Facility Transition:

• Assist individuals living with a disability to identify in transition from nursing facilities and other institutions into community settings with the goal of preventing institutionalization

Peer Support:

• Assists individuals living with a disability to identify goals and work to create a unique plan to achieve those goals

• Match interested consumers with a peer mentor who provides support, problem-solving, social skills, and more

Personal Assistance:

• Offer skills instruction curriculum for individuals living with a disability the fundamentals of managing their personal attendant care including how to hire, manage, and more

Recreational Groups:

• Holds various events for individuals with a disability or a health condition to meet and socialize with others through dances, parties, picnics, and outings

Staying and Aging in Place/Accessibility Assistance:

• Offers accessible modification assistance and accessibility assessments for homes and businesses for safe access and increased independence in people's homes and businesses

Support Groups:

• Various support groups are available to individuals who want learn more about their particular disability, wanting peer support, or first-hand information on how to manage their disability. Some support groups are directly coordinated by Options and others are independent.

Youth Transition Services:

• Assist youth ages 14 - 22 years who are transitioning from high school into the next phase of their life with learning the skills necessary and acquiring the resources needed to be successful

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.

Emergency preparedness and disaster management:

• Coordination of county government emergency services and resources during a natural or man-made disaster

• Coordination of assistance available at the municipal level during a natural or man-made disaster

• Information for self-help before, during, and after disaster-related incidents

Assists the community in preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, to ensure recovery and resilience, as well as planning, public education, and training. Services may include:

• Disaster preparedness

• Emergency communications

• Emergency management during a disaster

• Emergency operations center

• General disaster information

• Safety alerts

• Weather warnings to county fire departments and Montevideo cable TV, including cold weather, extreme heat, flood, tornado, and winter storm advisories

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.