What does that look like?

Our best bet at implementing plans to improve our communities starts with understanding where our community is at.

To begin, we focus on Community Health Needs Assessments, (CHNAs), Community Health Assessments (CHAs) and Community Health Improvement Plans (CHIPs).

From here we can best determine how to manage our resources and develop good strategies specific to our communities.

Developing and Implementing Community Health Improvement Plans (CHIPs)

After doing assessments, the organizations and coalitions working to improve community (or population) health typically develop some sort of strategy or plan—often called a Community Health Improvement Plan or CHIP. CHIPs capture our best intentions but often fall short in implementation and in getting the results we seek. PopHLC’s goal is to advance the practices, techniques, structure, theory, templates, tools, and technologies for improving the development and implementation of CHIPs. PopHLC shares practical, do-able strategies for going from a plan to implementation. Its focus is on delivering the HOW.