About

Lorain County Public Health (LCPH) is a local public health agency that serves Lorain County, Ohio. We are led by our own board appointed by local mayors, city managers, and township trustees. Key funding sources for LCPH include 34% from grants, 32% from a local levy, and 24% from fees. We are responsible for all cities, townships, and villages in Lorain County except the City of Vermilion, which receives services from the Erie County Health Department.

Mission, Vision, and Values

Mission:
To serve and support a healthy community

Vision:
Improving today for a healthier tomorrow

Values:

Making data-driven decisions
Continuously improving
Respecting everyone
Encouraging creativity
Being compassionate
Embracing diversity
Working together

Strategic Plan

The LCPH Strategic Plan is a guide we use to develop strategies, make decisions, and allocate resources. Our 2023-2025 strategic priorities are:

Enhance Performance
Support the Workforce
Exceed Customer Service
Ensure Financial Sustainability

Programs and Services

Administrative Services

Accounts and billing
Administrative support services
Birth and death certificates
Financial management
General public information
Grants management
Human resources
Information technology and IT systems management
Public health accreditation

Community Health

Adult Protective Services consultations
Child and adult vaccines
Children Services consultations
Children with Medical Handicaps (CMH) Program
Cribs for Kids safe sleep program
HIV testing
Hepatitis C testing
Lead testing for children
Opioid overdose prevention and Naloxone
Premature babies' clinic
Prescription assistance
School health
Travel health & vaccines

Emergency Preparedness and Epidemiology

Communicable disease prevention
Continuous quality improvement (CQI)
Disease and public health trend analysis and surveillance
Emergency preparedness
Institutional health and safety (jails, prisons, detention centers)
Performance management and program evaluation

Environmental Health

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention

Built environment improvements
Car seat program
Chronic disease prevention
Coalition building
Common VIEW
Community Health Assessment (CHA) and Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP)
Diabetes prevention
Food systems planning
Health communications
Healthy eating
Keystone Empowers You
Live Healthy Lorain
Live Healthy Oberlin
Maternal and child health
Media relations
North Ridgeville Heart & Sole
Safe Communities Coalition
Safe Routes to School
School health
Self-monitoring of blood pressure
Tobacco cessation and prevention
United We Sweat

WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children)

Breastfeeding education and support
Nutrition education
OhioHealth Mothers' Milk Bank breast milk drop site
Participation in WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Progra
Referrals to prenatal and pediatric healthcare
Referrals to maternal and child health and human services programs
Supplemental nutritious foods and iron-fortified infant formulas

Policies

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History

History of Public Health in Lorain County, Ohio

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Testing, guidance and vaccines.