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Adams
County Health Department was formed by a tax referendum in 1944. The
mission of the department is Disease and Injury prevention, Health
Protection and Health Promotion.
There
are approximately fifty employees in these divisions: Health Promotion,
Health Protection, Maternal-Child Health, Solid Waste, and Support
Services.
Our
department is governed by a Board of Health, a medical director and
a public health administrator. Revenue comes from the local health tax levy, fees for services and
program grants.
2009
Annual Report - Click to view the 64th annual report,
which includes statistics on specific programs and services.
Smoke
Free Illinois - Information, Printable Signs, Filing Complaints
Current
Information - Click here to view
job listings and new announcements from Adams County
Health Department.
Health Protection - Protection of public health
through the following programs and services:
Environmental Health (permitting and
inspection of Restaurants, Tanning Parlors, Drinking Water wells and
Wastewater systems, the West Nile Virus surveillance program and
nuisance complaints),
Childhood
Lead Poisoning Prevention,
Immunizations Clinic & Tuberculosis (child
and adult immunizations, seasonal flu clinics, foreign travel
counseling & immunization, and tuberculosis testing),
Emergency Preparedness for Bioterrorism and Pandemic
Influenza, HIV
& Sexually Transmitted Diseases program,
Communicable Diseases program and
SAFE KIDS Adams County.
Health Promotion - teaches prevention is the best protection
- Programs include Dental Clinic, PATCH, Healthy Communities/Healthy
Youth, and Teen REACH
Maternal - Child Health - Improving the health and
well-being of mothers and children through WIC (Women, Infant and
Children), Newborn Visits, Family Case Management.
AOK
- The All Our Kids: Early Childhood
Networks are a community-based collaboration that is committed
to developing a high-quality, well-coordinated, easily accessible
system of care that promotes positive growth and development for
children ages 0-5 and their families.
The overall goal of the All Our Kids: Birth to Five Network
is to maximize existing resources to ensure that all children under
the age of five years and their families have the opportunity to
receive the services they need.
Alliance for Building Communities - A community partnership
of individuals and groups working to improve the quality of life for
all residents of Adams County. This active partnership looks at our
county’s challenges and works to find solutions.
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