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Health & Human Services

MISSION

hhs_img2 The mission of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is to promote and assure the health and quality of life by providing, maintaining, developing and coordinating a wide-range of innovative and fiscally responsible educational and health services to Wayne County residents so they can lead productive and healthy lives.

Through the Health and Human Services department, citizens can receive immunisations, public health information, mental health services, information on health care for small business, Head Start program details, and many other countywide services.

HHS provides a wide range of services that extends from early childhood (Head Start, WIC, Mother Infant Health Program) through adulthood (Public Health and Mental Health). HHS also provides quality environmental health, nutritional and personal health, women and child health, communicable disease prevention and control services, and emergency preparedness to all Wayne County Residents.

Through Jail Health Services, HHS ensures that jail inmates acheive an optimal level of physical and mental well-being during incarceration and are linked to appropriate services after release.

Patient Care Management System (PCMS) provides through the Adult Benefits Waiver (ABW) basic health coverage to residents of Wayne County with poor income, in addition to BasiCare which provides limited medical benefits on an outpatient basis. Dental Assist is another program offered by PCMS that provides limited dental benefits.

Additional divisions such as the Office of the Medical Examiner and Regional Library for the Blind add to the scope of diverse services offered by HHS.

 

Latest Health & Human Services News


Salmonella Outbreak Update
Monday, February 08, 2010
This document is an update on the current Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak in the United States. It is based on information available from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) ... - Read More

CDC, in collaboration with public health officials in numerous states in the Northeast, continues to investigate a multi-state mumps outbreak. - Read More

WASHINGTON – Daniele International Inc., an establishment with operations in Pascoag and Mapleville, R.I., is recalling approximately 1,240,000 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) varieties of Italian sausage products, including salami/salame. - Read More



Upcoming HHS Events


Wayne County Department of Public Health Fun Fest
Thursday, August 19, 2010 10:00 AM - Thursday, August 19, 2010 3:00 PM
Back-to-school immunizations, free book bags and school supplies for the first 300 children… a farmer’s market…food, fun and entertainment… and an array of health screenings. - Read More







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