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Pitkin County public-health leaders outline services, grants and behavioral-health programs
Summary
Public Health staff briefed commissioners on department structure, the CHA/FIP cycle, grant-funded programs including PACT (behavioral-health co-responder teams), a three-year chronic disease pilot, radon testing, and communications work supported by CDC infrastructure funding.
Pitkin County Public Health presented an overview of staffing, programs and external partnerships and asked the Board of County Commissioners to consider follow-up items related to funding and interjurisdictional coordination.
Department leadership described the agency’s organization (administration, program education and partnerships, and environmental health) and aligned its work with the state’s foundational public health services and the five-year Colorado Health Assessment and Planning (CHAP) cycle. Staff noted the department’s early-stage public-health improvement plan priorities include access to care, behavioral health and climate-related health concerns.
Ariel Holstein, planning analyst, said the department’s CHA/FIP (community health assessment and public health improvement…
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