Agenda 06/11/2019 Item #5C (Award)06/11/2019
COLLIER COUNTY
Board of County Commissioners
Item Number: 5.C
Item Summary: Recognition of Florida Department of Health in Collier County Administrator
Stephanie Vick and members of the DOH-Collier team for being awarded the prestigious Governor's
Sterling Award for achieving high standards of performance excellence within their management and
operations. Receiving the recognition are Administrator Vick and members of her team.
Meeting Date: 06/11/2019
Prepared by:
Title: Executive Secretary to County Manager – County Manager's Office
Name: MaryJo Brock
05/29/2019 7:46 AM
Submitted by:
Title: County Manager – County Manager's Office
Name: Leo E. Ochs
05/29/2019 7:46 AM
Approved By:
Review:
County Attorney's Office MaryJo Brock Level 3 County Attorney's Office Review Skipped 05/29/2019 7:46 AM
Office of Management and Budget MaryJo Brock Level 3 OMB Gatekeeper Review Skipped 05/29/2019 7:46 AM
Communication and Customer Relations Mike Sheffield Additional Reviewer Completed 05/30/2019 4:09 PM
County Manager's Office Geoffrey Willig Level 4 County Manager Review Completed 06/03/2019 2:26 PM
Board of County Commissioners MaryJo Brock Meeting Pending 06/11/2019 9:00 AM
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Packet Pg. 31
June 4, 2019
DOH-COLLIER AWARDED COVETED GOVERNOR’S
STERLING AWARD
DOH-Collier is only Florida organization to be awarded in 2019
Contact:
Kristine Hollingsworth
Kristine.Hollingsworth@flhealth.gov
239-252-5332
Naples, Fla. — The Florida Sterling Council awarded the coveted Governor's Sterling Award
to the Florida Department of Health in Collier County (DOH-Collier) at the 2019 Governor's
Sterling Award Banquet on Friday, May 31, 2019.
The Governor's Sterling Award processes have recognized excellence for 50 years, honoring
organizations and businesses that have successfully achieved performance excellence within
their management and operations. Last year, the Florida Sterling Council partnered with the
Georgia Oglethorpe Award to administer its processes.
Headquartered in Naples, Florida, DOH-Collier provides services from five locations, including
the Immokalee Clinic. DOH-Collier is the lead agency providing core public health services
within the county. These services include statutorily mandated services and other federal, state,
and locally funded programs, including clinical and nutritional services, WIC, community health
planning and statistics, emergency preparedness and response, environmental health,
infectious disease services, and vital statistics. Hurricane Irma made landfall in Collier County
on September 10th, 2017. At the county’s only special needs shelter, 120 employees cared for
over 700 people with special medical needs around-the-clock.
• Overall Health Outcomes has remained at number two among Florida’s 67 counties for
each of the past five years.
• For the fourth straight year, the Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, Florida, metro area
had the highest wellbeing across 156 U.S. communities, based on data collected in 2017
and 2018 as part of the Gallup National Health and Well-Being Index and just 8 years
ago, in 2011, it ranked 73rd in the nation.
• DOH-Collier is among the United States top performers, as identified by the Robert
Woods Johnson Foundation County Health Rankings, in the categories of adult
smokers, adult obesity, and premature death.
• The HIV program increased the number of cases linked to care within 90 days from 82%
in 2017 to 85% in 2018, and more importantly by implementing a new test and treat
protocol, the program reduced the average number of days to link a person to care from
13 to less than 5.
DOH-Collier was recognized for their commitment to excellence and continued
improvement. DOH-Collier builds and maintains its relationship with community partners
through a robust system of service and leadership on many community coalitions, taskforces,
and committees to achieve its Values of ICARE – Innovation, Collaboration, Accountability,
Responsiveness and Excellence.
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Packet Pg. 32 Attachment: 20190604 DOHCollier Awarded Sterling Award (9142 : Governor's Sterlilng Award)
About the Florida Department of Health
The department, nationally accredited by the Public Health Accreditation Board, works to
protect, promote and improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county
and community efforts.
Follow us on Twitter at @HealthyFla and on Facebook. For more information about the Florida
Department of Health please visit www.FloridaHealth.gov.
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Packet Pg. 33 Attachment: 20190604 DOHCollier Awarded Sterling Award (9142 : Governor's Sterlilng Award)
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Packet Pg. 34 Attachment: DOH-Collier at Governor's Sterling Award Banquet (9142 : Governor's Sterlilng Award)