Authors: Brandi L. Shay, Bob Leopold, Angella Bowman

The purpose of this Reporter is to define public health in a context relevant for Nebraskans and to describe the availability of selected public health services at the local level in Nebraska. In this issue, we present selected health data about the variety and availability of pubic health services at the local level in Nebraska. Tables are used throughout the Reporter to show where programs and/or services are available, by county. Sections include: The concept and functions of public health; The Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant and the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant; Identification of the various health departments located throughout the state; A description of community action agencies and the public health services they provide; and The Nebraska AIDS Project and its services. We find that Nebraska ranks last in per capita government health spending; The external and/or community-based programs under the Title V/Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Block Grant offer services in 38 of the 93 counties in Nebraska (this does not include statewide MCH Block Grant programs; For Fiscal Year 1999, the Preventive Health and Health Services (PHHS) Block Grant funded 37 projects in Nebraska; Health Departments serve 21 of the 93 counties in Nebraska; Nebraska is divided into nine community action agencies which offer an array of programs that serve over 80,000 people living in poverty; and The Nebraska AIDS Project offers services to all of Nebraska, via their five regional offices.

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