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Walla Walla County commissioners ask health advisory board for clearer data and priorities on housing, care access and aging
Summary
At a March 3 workshop, the Community Health Advisory Board outlined its role and recent work; commissioners said they want CHAB to deliver targeted, quarterly data tied to the Community Health Improvement Plan and to flag specific issues where commissioners can act. The board later entered closed session on collective bargaining.
Maeve McClellan, chair of the Community Health Advisory Board, told the Walla Walla County Board of Commissioners on March 3 that the meeting was intended as a “level-setting meeting, no action items,” to clarify how the advisory board and the county’s board of health should work together.
The advisory board chair outlined CHAB’s functions — policy advice, resource stewardship, partner engagement, continuous improvement and oversight — and described recent work on behavioral-health coordination, transportation to specialty care, vaccine access and opioid-settlement funding. “We wanted to kind of take a second look at how we're providing updates to you, how we can align with what you all see as the needs in the County and make the best use of the expertise that we have on the board,” McClellan said.
Why it matters: Commissioners serve as the county’s official board of health and rely on CHAB to bring community perspective, specialized expertise and actionable data that can guide budget, ordinances and policy. Commissioners asked CHAB to move…
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