A realty subdivision is created whenever a piece of land is divided up into 5 or more building lots within 3 years or less. The role of the Clinton County Health Department is to review and approve plans for realty subdivisions before homes are constructed and people are living on the land, in order to ensure that the subdivision will provide safe and sanitary living conditions for its residents.
CCHD relies on partnerships with organizations, businesses, health providers and service providers across the community to maximize resources and realize the shared goal of improving the health and well-being of all residents of Clinton County. Learn more about some of these partnerships below.
Wellness policies are written documents that guide local partners’ efforts to create supportive nutrition and physical activity environments.
CCHD works with schools, early care and education settings, worksites and community settings through wellness policy creation to:
Complete Streets are streets for everyone.
Complete Streets is an approach to planning, designing, building, operating, and maintaining streets that enables safe access for all people who use them, including pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and transit riders of all ages and abilities.
Have you ever heard about a pressing health topic and thought, “but what does that mean for me?” Follow along with CCHD staff as they discuss local health and safety issues with local experts and identify what Clinton County residents really need to know. Click here to see all our blogs.
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Protect your pet from rabies! Vaccination is mandatory in New York State for dogs, cats and ferrets over 4 months of age. Remember, your dog or cat can be vaccinated for rabies when it turns 3 months of age. One year after the first dose, your pet requires a booster, which is then good for three years. For the rest of your pet's life, it should have a booster shot every three years.
When your child comes home from daycare or school announcing that he or she has lice, most parents react to the news with feelings of anxiety, anger, or being overwhelmed. Lice are not known to cause disease, The known health risk is the potential for infection, which can be caused by scratching the itchy infested areas.
Head lice survive less than 1-2 days if they fall off a person and cannot feed; nits cannot hatch and usually die within a week if they are not kept at the same temperature as that found close to the scalp.
Tips to avoid getting Lice:
Bed bugs are small, wingless, red-brownish, flattened insects that feed solely on the blood of animals. The common bed bug, Cimex lectularius, is the species most adapted to living with humans.
Bed bugs usually bite people at night while they are sleeping. They feed by piercing the skin with an elongated beak through which they withdraw blood. Engorgement takes about three to 10 minutes, yet the person seldom knows they are being bitten.
The New York State (NYS) Climate Impacts Assessment reports that the state has been warming at a rate of 0.25°F per decade from 1902 to 2022, with temperatures projected to rise by 5-10°F by the 2080s.
How safe is your home? If a fire were to occur in your home would your family know what to do? When was the last time you checked the batteries in your smoke detector? Have you talked with your family about a fire escape plan for your home? Do you have a carbon monoxide detector? Does your home even need one?