Health Dept 101
TRUE OR FALSE
You can get a birth certificate from the health department if you were NOT born in Missouri.
What is False?
TRUE OR FALSE
Brighter Beginnings charges a fee for their services.
What is FALSE?
In addiction to prescription medications, social services can help individuals obtain these type of supplies, such as diabetic testing strips or incontinence products?
What are medical supplies/equipment?
This team, that often drives with red and blue lights, has made the most public safety referrals to the DIVERT team?
Who are the police?
Our Health Department services both the city of Columbia AND Boone County?
What is True?
This program allows you to contribute to utility assistance for your neighbors/community members.
What is the Round-Up program?
Before starting home visits, pregnant individuals can receive these two essential, free, and confidential services directly at the Health Department to confirm pregnancy and connect with care.
What are free pregnancy testing and counseling?
This locally-owned pharmacy partners with the Health Department and their medication assistance program to fill residents prescriptions and ensure people don't go without their medications.
What is Kilgore's Medical Pharmacy?
One of the main goals of the DIVERT program is to connect individuals with social services while keeping them out of this local system.
What is the criminal justice system/legal system/municipal court?
Standing on Francis Quadrangle, these iconic stone structures are all that remain of Academic Hall after a fire destroyed the original building in 1892.
What are The Columns?
Official birth certificates and death certificates are issued by this division within the Health Department.
What is Vital Records?
Brighter Beginnings matches families to home visiting support and education programs from pregnancy until their child reaches this age.
What is 5?
To qualify for utility assistance, a household must meet income requirements, have children 18 or under, or have someone in the home that meets 1 of 2 criteria. Name 1.
What is being a senior citizen (60+)? OR
What is being permanently disabled?
Name two city departments/public safety teams that can refer individuals to DIVERT?
Born in Columbia in 1898, Bud Walton co-founded this massive retail chain alongside his brother, Sam.
What is Walmart?
This division within the Health Department is responsible for restaurant inspections, pool safety/inspections, and wastewater enforcement.
What is Environmental Health?
This program leads the service of doubling your dollars at the weekly Farmer's Market.
What is WIC?
This is the number of social service specialists the Health Department employs to assist with medications, utilities, and other assistance.
HINT: It's either 3, 9, or 16!
What is 3?
This is the job title of the staff member that is in charge of scheduling outreach events as well as performing vital checks (blood pressure and glucose/blood sugar).
What is a Community Health Worker?
Rock Bridge Memorial State Park is home to Devil's Icebox Cave, which is the only known habitat in the WORLD for an eyeless, unpigmented species of this creature.
What is the flatworm?
Available to pregnant women, new mothers, infants, and young children, this federal nutrition program at the health department serves families earning up to 185% of the federal poverty level.
What is WIC (Women, Infants, and Children)?
This is a signature program of Prevent Child Abuse America, the nation's oldest and largest organization to preventing child abuse and neglect AND one of the most widely implemented early childhood models in the United States.
What is Healthy Families of America?
This is the name of the new app/website that allows residents to apply for assistance without needing to come in person.
What is MyKey (to the City)?
To reduce repeat calls for first responders, DIVERT provides targeted case management to high-utilizers known by this warm, 2-word phrase.
What is Familiar Faces?
The City of Columbia has 5 "sister cities." Name 1 country that we have a sister city located in.
What is (1) Kutaisi, Republic of Georgia; (2) Suncheon City, Republic of Korea; (3) Hakusan City, Japan; (4) Sibiu, Romania, and (5) Laoshan District, Qingdao, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China?