Public Health Emergency Preparedness 

This program is funded by a grant from the Ohio Department of Health utilizing federal funds from the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Public Health Emergency Preparedness (93.069) and a 7.7% local match.
Tuscarawas County Health Department receives grant money from the Ohio Department of Health to aid in County emergency preparedness. Funding goes towards the following initiatives:
  • Community Preparedness;
  • Community Recovery;
  • Emergency Operations Coordination;
  • Emergency Public Information and Warning;
  • Fatality Management;
  • Information Sharing;
  • Mass Care;
  • Medical Countermeasure Dispensing;
  • Medical Materiel Management;
  • Medical Surge;
  • Nonpharmaceutical Interventions;
  • Public Health Surveillance;
  • Responder Safety and Health; and
  • Volunteer Management.

TCHD co-chairs the Tuscarawas County Planned Partners coalition with the Tuscarawas County Emergency Management Agency. This group works to ensure all residents and visitors in Tuscarawas County are prepared for public health emergencies and/or natural disasters. Meetings are held quarterly. If you are interested in attending these meetings please contact [email protected]. 

Emergency Response Coordinator: 
Emma Clark, MPH
​Public Health Educator II
[email protected]
(330) 343-5555 x 1820

Director of Prevention Services:
Natasha Yonley, MPH, CPH, CHES
[email protected]
(330) 343-5555 x 1710
Last Updated: 11/6/24