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Program Information
Animal Care and Control (ACC) program - ACC works to prevent rabies in humans and pets and
teaches responsible pet ownership, which includes the importance of spaying and neutering.
In
addition, ACC protects and serves the public and pets by enforcing laws and pertinent ordinances which
establish levels of care for all animals domestic and wild. ACC also assists with the reunification of lost
pets with their owners and places unwanted pets into new homes.
California Children Services (CCS) program - CCS provides medical and financial case
management services to eligible children with physically handicapping conditions.
The program
performs medical, residential and financial eligibility determinations on referred children.
CCS
provides nursing case management to coordinate optimum care for eligible children.
The
CCS program
also provides prior authorizations for medical care by approved medical providers.
CCS processes and
pays medical claims for patients and provides direct occupational and physical therapy services.
Clinic Operations - The Clinic Operations section is the vehicle by which all Public Health clinical-
related services are offered.
Clinical services are delivered at DPH clinics through a comprehensive and
coordinated delivery model that includes: immunizations; maternal and reproductive health; well wom-
an examinations and mammogram referrals (Every Woman Counts); pediatrics; primary care (including
integrated mental health services and psychiatric consultation at the Hesperia Health Center); and
Tuberculosis screening and clinical care. Specialized HIV/AIDS services include medical care, mental
health, clinic-based health education/risk reduction, medical case management, and AIDS Drug Assis-
tance Program (ADAP) enrollment at the DPH facilities in San Bernardino, Ontario and Hesperia.
The
Hesperia and Adelanto Health Centers have attained Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) status
thereby expanding primary care services to uninsured and underinsured County residents.
Communicable Disease Section (CDS) - CDS reduces the spread of communicable disease by
investigating reported diseases, implementing control measures, tracking disease trends and identifying
potential sources of disease outbreaks. In addition to disease investigation, CDS provides nurse case
management of active and suspect cases of Tuberculosis and ensures completion of long-term medical
management. CDS reduces vaccine-preventable diseases by improving immunization practices in
physician offices and clinics, by encouraging vaccinations across the lifespan, providing case
management services that help prevent the transmission of maternal Hepatitis B to newborns and
monitoring how well schools and childcare centers comply with immunization laws.
Environmental Health Services (EHS) Division - EHS serves the public in the prevention of
disease and illness through the use of education, enforcement and collaboration.
EHS Food Protection
Program conducts food facility inspections, provides consultation services to food facility operators that
would like to improve their safety standards, trains food service workers on safe food handling practices
and investigates complaints on facilities at which food-borne illnesses are suspected.
The Recreational
Health Program inspects public swimming pools, spas, water slides, lakes and lagoons for possible health