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East Orange health director to share Community Health Assessment after Administration review as NACCHO funding winds down
Summary
The Health Department submitted a preliminary Community Health Assessment to the Administration and will share a formal report with the Board after strategic advisors finalize it; the NACCHO grant sustaining portion ends March 31 with an $80,000 augmentation and an enhancement extended to July 31.
Valencia Maponya, Health & Human Services director for East Orange, told the Board of Health that a preliminary Community Health Assessment (CHA) had been presented to the Administration via PowerPoint and that a formal written version would be circulated to Board members after a scheduled Friday review by strategic advisors. She said the presentation to the Administration preceded wider distribution but that she would send the Administration-facing material to the Board for review.
Maponya said the CHA's core findings—on birth outcomes, low birth weight, injury and chronic disease—were not expected to change in the final document, which will include more formal limitations and an implementation plan. "I will send the report after the Friday session," she said, agreeing to provide a preliminary document to Board members before the final version.
Maponya also outlined the status of NACCHO funding that supported department staffing and projects. She said the sustaining portion of the NACCHO grant ends March 31, an enhancement was extended to July 31, and the department received an additional $80,000 earmarked mainly for salaries. "We received an additional $80,000 from the NACCHO grant, which would primarily cover salaries and wages," Maponya said. She added that a larger $750,000 request for implementation support was not funded.
President Christine Harris and Vice-President Tobbia M. Corbitt pressed for earlier Board access to the Administration-facing materials and for clearer communication going forward. Maponya acknowledged that not sharing the Administration presentation earlier may have been an oversight and committed to improving information flow and to circulating documents promptly.
