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Douglas County Community Health Improvement Plan
Click HERE to view or download the 2024-2029 CHIP
2024-2029 CHIP
The 2024-2029 Community Health Improvement Plan was presented to the public on October 17, 2024.
The development of this plan was guided by multiple partners and a steering committee, which provided leadership and oversight to the 2023 Community Health Assessment and planning process. The steering committee included representation from the county's four municipalities - Baldwin City, Eudora, Lawrence, and Lecompton. Nearly 20+ people served on the steering committee, representing government agencies, nonprofits, education, faith-based organizations, and businesses.
The plan is broken up in to six pillar categories that represent key issues of interest in our community that were identified in the Community Health Assessment (CHA). Each of the six pillars was represented by a convening group who selected areas of priority and objectives for improving health outcomes.
For questions regarding the 2024-2029 CHIP, please contact Vicki Collie-Akers at vcollieakers@kumc.edu or Sara Obermeier at saramcel@kumc.edu.
Past Community Health Improvement Plans
Click HERE to read the 2018-2023 Community Health Improvement Plan.
Information About the CHIP
The 2018-2023 Douglas County Community Health Plan was presented to and approved by the Health Board on Oct. 25, 2018. The process was guided by a steering committee with formal representation from Douglas County and the county's four municipalities - Baldwin City, Eudora, Lawrence, and Lecompton. Nearly 30 people served on the steering committee, representing: government, nonprofit, education, faith-based and business organizations.
The plan’s overarching themes were health equity and discrimination, which will be examined through the lens of four key issues that emerged as areas of interest in a recently-completed Douglas County Community Health Assessment (CHA): behavioral health, food security & healthy built environment, safe & affordable housing, and poverty & jobs.