Community Health Planning

Get Involved!

Community involvement and engagement is critical throughout the entire Community Health Assessment (CHA)/Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) process.

Partners present the progress of the CHIP on an ongoing basis and Austin/Travis County community-based organizations can request presentations. If you are interested in getting involved or want to request a presentation, please send an email to ATC.CommunityHealthPlan@austintexas.gov.

Partners can access contact lists, upcoming events, partner announcements, and workgroup documents through our Partner SharePoint Site. To request access, please email ATC.CommunityHealthPlan@austintexas.gov.

Community Health Plan

The Community Health Plan is comprised of two major initiatives: our assessment phase and our implementation phase which has now moved from a five-year cycle to a three-year cycle. This process includes the completion of a CHA and a CHIP and includes our annual action plans.

A CHA engages community members and local public health system partners to collect and analyze health-related data from many sources.

• Informs community decision-making
• Prioritizes health problems
• Assists in the development and implementation of community health improvement plans

A CHIP is an action-oriented plan that outlines the community health issues based on CHA findings. The community and partners work together to identify how issues will be addressed and how to measure progress. Ultimately, the long-term goal is to improve the community’s health. (Source: National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO).