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Berkeley unveils Community Health Improvement Plan; dashboard highlights 13‑year life‑expectancy gap
Summary
City staff presented the Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) and a public dashboard showing strong overall health in Berkeley but stark racial and neighborhood disparities — including a 13‑year life‑expectancy gap — and outlined a community‑driven implementation process with advisory groups and annual council updates.
Berkeley officials presented a community‑driven Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) and a public dashboard preview at a special City Council work session, underscoring a 13‑year life‑expectancy gap between neighborhoods and calling for targeted, accountable implementation.
The CHIP, staff said, synthesizes a community health assessment conducted with consultants JSI, four focus groups and a citywide survey that yielded more than 320 responses. Scott Gilman, Director of Health, Housing and Community Services, told the council the plan identifies two overarching goals—addressing disparities in life expectancy and increasing community power—and four priority pillars: housing, environmental health, behavioral health and community safety.
Gilman demonstrated a new public dashboard intended to go live in the fall that will let residents and policymakers drill into the CHIP data. "If we can't measure it,…
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