A Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) is a long-term, systematic effort to address issues identified by the Community Health Assessment (CHA). Other agencies in the community can use a strong CHIP to identify local community health needs and priorities.
The El Paso County Health Indicators 2017 Report, also referred to as the Community Health Assessment, provides a comprehensive look at the overall health status of our community. This report represents many months of careful and systematic review of data that tells the story about the health of people in our community.
The Healthy Community Collaborative (HCC) is a stakeholder group of community partners who have been working together since 2011 to implement strategies identified in the El Paso County Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP). The HCC consists of representatives from schools, hospitals and health systems, non-profit organizations, city and county government agencies, public health, medical providers, and interested citizens.