Community Health Improvement - Public Health Region 1

Services

  • Certified Child Passenger Safety Inspection and Installation
  • Work with community leaders and stakeholders to prevent infant and child injuries and deaths due to causes of infant mortality, suicide, motor vehicle fatalities and other preventable deaths, and by participating in and supporting Child Fatality Review Teams in the Panhandle and South Plains
  • Provide training and technical assistance to Texans related to the prevention and awareness of Human Trafficking, and Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking
  • Provide DSHS-Certified Community Health Worker continuing education hours through biannual educational events and collaboration with regional partners
  • Provide training and technical assistance to community partners and providers of health & safety programs for migrant and seasonal farmworkers and refugee families
  • Provide training and technical assistance on Positive Youth Development

Region 1 Staff Contact Information

Lubbock Office
6302 Iola Ave
Lubbock, TX 79424

Taiya Jones, LBSW
Health Education Manager, Certified as Community Health Worker Instructor and Child Passenger Safety Technician
806-783-6481 
taiya.jones@dshs.texas.gov   

Tammy Moriearty
Program Specialist, Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician 
806-696-9082  
Tammy.Moriearty@dshs.texas.gov

Denese Jamerson  
Program Specialist, Certified Community Health Worker Instructor
806-783-6470  
Denese.Jamerson@dshs.texas.gov


Armarillo Office
3407 Pony Express Way
Amarillo, TX 79118

Lee Gibbons
Program Specialist, Certified as Community Health Worker Instructor and Child Passenger Safety Technician
806-655-7151
Lee.Gibbons@dshs.texas.gov

Diadria Robinson-Moore  
Program Specialist, Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician 
806-500-8032 
Diadria.Robinson@dshs.texas.gov 

Keila Johnson 
Community Health Improvement Manager 
806-477-1113    
keila.johnson@dshs.texas.gov 


Dumas Office
501 Success Blvd
Dumas, Texas 79029

806-282-3670 

Lee Gibbons-Garmany 
Program Specialist, Certified as Community Health Worker Instructor and Child Passenger Safety Technician
806-655-7151   
Lee.Gibbons@dshs.texas.gov


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