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Douglas County partners outline anti-poverty goals in Community Health Improvement Plan
Summary
Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health and community partners presented the anti-poverty focus of the Community Health Improvement Plan, highlighting ALICE data, a guaranteed-income pilot, childcare scholarship proposals and navigation services to increase benefits uptake.
Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health and community partners presented an update on the Community Health Improvement Plan’s anti-poverty focus at the July 2, 2025 Board of Douglas County Commissioners meeting, outlining measurable targets and pilot strategies aimed at improving household economic stability across Douglas County.
The presentation, led by Jonathan Smith, executive director of Lawrence-Douglas County Public health, emphasized that the CHIP is a multi-partner roadmap rather than a single agency’s plan. “It’s not the health department’s plan, not the county’s plan, not the city’s plan. It’s truly everybody’s plan,” Smith said.
Why it matters: presenters pointed to ALICE (asset limited, income constrained, employed) data showing that many working households do not earn enough to meet a local “survival budget.” Sarah…
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