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Alexandria Health Department presents community health assessment; mental health set as citywide priority

Alexandria City Council · July 1, 2025
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City health officials presented a comprehensive community health assessment showing large neighborhood disparities and proposing mental health as the citywide priority; staff proposed two place-based initiatives and asked council how it wants to be engaged in implementation and evaluation.

The Alexandria Health Department presented its Community Health Assessment and the next steps for a Community Health Improvement Plan, reporting disparities across neighborhoods and recommending mental health as a citywide priority alongside two place-based initiatives.

Dr. Rose and public-health staff described a data-driven, community-centered process: more than 2,000 survey responses, 40 outreach locations, 3,000 individual data points across…

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