Harris County Public Health (HCPH) has a long history of responding to emergencies including hurricanes, infectious disease outbreaks, arboviruses, and other public health emergencies. Through these responses, the need for a community resilience position became more and more evident.
Harris County Public Health in Harris County, Texas, the third most populous county in the United States, providing comprehensive public health services to the community through an annual budget of over $80 million dollars and a workforce of over 800 public health professionals. The HCPH jurisdiction includes approximately 2.2 million people within Harris County’s unincorporated areas and over 30 other municipalities located in Harris County, Texas, not including the city of Houston.
