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Dublin releases final Community Health Needs Assessment and Strategic Action Plan; council asks for cost and outcome metrics
Summary
City staff and consultant presented a final Community Health Needs Assessment and Strategic Action Plan that identifies four priority areas and 30 action steps; councilmembers asked staff for cost estimates, outcome metrics and communications strategies before formally accepting the plan on March 3.
City staff presented a final Community Health Needs Assessment and Strategic Action Plan on Tuesday that narrows priority work in Dublin to four areas: healthcare navigation, transportation, youth behavioral health and community connections.
Molly Steiner, staff lead, said the plan grew from advisory committees, four work groups and discussions with multiple community partners and that the plan presented to council in November has since been refined with committee input. Ori Christel of Illuminology described the objectives and action steps tied to each priority area and said the plan lists lead organizations, supporting partners and baseline and target metrics for each action.
The plan identifies three objectives under healthcare navigation, including deploying more community health workers where residents gather, creating a GIS map of health and wellness resources in Dublin, and informing new residents about available services. On transportation, work groups recommended expanding outreach for microtransit services for residents over 55 and to employers and employees. The youth behavioral health priority calls for reenergizing an existing collective-impact initiative to coordinate messaging and resources for parents and youth, leveraging campaigns such as Know More, Do More and On Our Sleeves. Community connections objectives include researching why some residents feel disconnected and piloting neighborhood-level programs such as National Good Neighbor Day and other engagement activities.
Steiner told council this is the final plan "that reflects the current objectives of the advisory committee and the work groups" and asked for feedback; staff plans to present the final plan for formal acceptance at the council meeting on March 3.
Councilmembers praised the work and asked several follow-up questions. Multiple members asked for cost information and for outcome measures that move beyond counting activities to show whether actions "move the needle" on health indicators. One councilmember requested that assignments in the action sheets be completed where a lead organization was missing for specific transportation objectives. Others urged a communications strategy so residents and employers know the city is prioritizing health, pointing to existing channels such as the Dublin Go app, Dublin Magazine and the Forever Dublin program as possible distribution points.
Why it matters: The plan lays out a multi-year, collaborative approach intended to coordinate city, nonprofit and school-district resources to address local public-health priorities. Council's requests for cost and outcome measures indicate it will consider funding and oversight with an emphasis on measurable impact.
Key details - Four health priority areas: healthcare navigation, transportation, youth behavioral health, community connections - Total objectives: 9 - Total action steps: 30 - Next step: staff to return March 3 with the final plan for acceptance, plus follow-up information requested by council (cost estimates, lead assignments for missing objectives, outcome measures and communications plan) - Consultant: Illuminology (Ori Christel)
Speakers of record included Molly Steiner (staff), Ori Christel (Illuminology), and councilmembers who provided feedback. No formal council vote was taken on Feb. 18; staff requested feedback and will return with the acceptance item at the next meeting.
