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Community Health Board asks commissioners to review CHA/CHIP draft and return edits by May 1
Summary
Beltrami County Public Health presented a draft combined Community Health Assessment (CHA) and Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP), asked commissioners for feedback by May 1 and outlined the four top priorities to be included in the CHIP.
Amy Bowles, Beltrami County Public Health Director and Community Health Services Administrator, presented a draft combined Community Health Assessment and Community Health Improvement Plan and asked board members to submit edits by May 1 so the county can finalize the document for a vote at the July Community Health Board meeting.
Bowles said Pinnacle Marketing prepared the booklet from county data and community survey responses and that the county intends to replace stock photos with local images. She recommended listing credits and acknowledgments, including noting Commissioner Gould’s participation on the steering committee; she also offered an option to include a short statement and photograph from the five board members on the cover page.
Bowles walked commissioners through the draft and highlighted several items the board raised for clarification during discussion: whether the community survey should have required ZIP codes (the county deliberately did not collect ZIP codes because interviews were conducted at local events and venues where respondents were physically present), a need to verify median household income figures that appeared inconsistent across pages, and a request to include state comparison data (for example, graduation and attendance percentages) where relevant.
Bowles said the county’s survey reached far more respondents than expected (the county hoped for about 200 and received roughly 585 in one count), and that the county plans to include top priorities identified by the community: chemical dependency, housing, safety and security, and transportation. She emphasized the CHB’s role is to produce the CHA/CHIP document and to partner with agencies that will implement the strategies; the CHB will identify goals, strategies, partners and metrics in the final document.
Bowles asked commissioners to return suggested edits by May 1 so staff can work with Pinnacle Marketing and provide a final draft for the July meeting. No vote was taken at this meeting on the CHA/CHIP draft.
