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Receive a presentation and report from Solano County Health & Social Services, Solano Public Health about the 2017 Community Health Improvement Plan for Solano County
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
Solano County Health & Social Services, Solano Public Health recommends the Board of Supervisors receive a presentation and report about the 2017 Community Health Improvement Plan for Solano County.
SUMMARY:
On March 14, 2017, the Board received a presentation on the Community Health Needs Assessment. The objectives of the Community Health Needs Assessment were to identify community health issues within Solano County and identify resources available to address those issues. The data from the Community Health Needs Assessment were used to develop the 2017 Community Health Improvement Plan (Attachment A) for Solano County. In addition to representing important information about the health needs of the community and the strategic priorities identified to address those needs, the Community Health Needs Assessment and 2017 Community Health Improvement Plan, respectively, are necessary elements for Solano Public Health to achieve Public Health Accreditation by the Public Health Accreditation Board.
Solano Public Health convened the Healthy Solano Collaborative (made up of a diverse group of departments, agencies and organizations that represent the local public health system) to develop the 2017 Community Health Improvement Plan last year. The 2017 Community Health Improvement Plan for Solano County addresses strategic health issues, including: poverty; homelessness; lack of affordable housing; inequitable K-12 education and barriers to educational attainment; and unemployment.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The Health & Social Services staff time associated with these events is budgeted within the Department's Fiscal Year 2017/18 budget. There is no impact to th...
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