Hood River County is considering whether to create a Department of Health and Human Services and put the County’s Prevention Department and Veterans Services Officer under that umbrella.  That structure was recommended in an organizational assessment one year ago, and with Prevention Department Director Belinda Ballah retiring at the end of the month along with other departures from its staff, County Administrator Allison Williams recommended to the County Commission studying the reorganization now.  Williams says she has hired former Hood River City Manager Rachael Fuller to serve as a temporary Prevention Department Director to evaluate the impact of such a move.  The Prevention Department is primarily funded through grant monies, and Williams said that would not change.