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Kandiyohi County adopts a five-year community health improvement plan focused on aging, youth mental well-being and substance use
Summary
Public health staff presented a five-year Community Health Improvement Plan that prioritizes healthy aging, youth mental well-being and substance-use prevention and treatment. The plan is data-driven and aligned with statewide public-health goals.
Kandiyohi County Public Health presented a five-year Community Health Improvement Plan to the county board on Oct. 21, 2025, identifying aging, mental well-being for youth and substance use as the county’s top three public-health priorities.
“For the next handful of years, this is a roadmap for improving our community’s public health,” Forrest Rice, the county’s public-health planner, told the board. The plan was submitted to the state July 31 and is based on a community health assessment that incorporated demographic data and input from more than 100 community participants.
The presentation summarized the county’s demographic outlook and the data behind the priorities:…
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