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With national focus on the sharply-increasing cost of health care coverage, the Kitsap
Regional Coordinating Council facilitates a multi-jurisdictional Human Resources & Health
Care Group. Its members include human resource managers from public agencies throughout
Kitsap County. Its goal: to find innovative ways to maintain and improve health and human
resource services for public employees while controlling costs for public agencies. Giving
their time to work together now, the Group intends to save time, money and resources in the future.
Health Care Coverage Strategies
In January 2006, the Human Resources & Health Care Group sponsored a Health Care Symposium.
Its question: Would multi-agency purchase of health care benefits reduce costs and/or improve
coverage? Its answer: There are no easy, short-term "silver bullets", but examples
do exist. Long term solutions require a true sense of partnership among employees and managers.
Immediate focus: New approaches to wellness in the work place.
For more information on this program, or to request a DVD of the Health Care Symposium, call the
regional council office at (360) 377-4900
The Human Resources Brown Bag Lunch Series
The Brown Bag Lunch Series is open to public agencies throughout Kitsap County. Luncheons are
typically held quarterly at the Norm Dicks Government Center and feature speaker panels addressing
topics of mutual interest, experts or guest speakers. Lunch is provided.
Past panels have included:
- HR Software: October 20, 2005:
- Health Care Benefits Symposium: November 29, 2005:
(available on DVD - contact Laura Edwards for a copy)
- Kitsap County in the "Rain Shadow" of Seattle: Challenges &
Strategies for Employee Recruiting & Retention: March 9, 2006:
- Shared Training Resources and Knowledge Management: May 11, 2006:
View the "Knowledge Management" PowerPoint (pdf).
- Demonstration of Sungard HR software: May 23, 2006:
- Effective Partnering among Public Agencies September 14, 2006
- The Graying Workforce January 15, 2007
- Techno-Tools & Telework June 14, 2007
The Focus for 2008:
Coming Soon
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For more information on the Brown Bag Lunch Series
call the Regional
Council office at (360) 377-4900
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