Healthy Together Steering Committee

The purpose of Healthy Together is to work strategically, comprehensively, and collectively toward improving the health of all Lewis and Clark County residents.

Our primary goals are to produce, every 3 years, an assessment of public health needs in the county, identify priority issues, and consider strategies and resources to address them. The partnership will monitor and record progress on health improvement annually.

This "community health improvement planning" process, or CHIP, is an opportunity to develop a common agenda for the entire community. It will help everyone to focus energy and resources and support policies, projects, and programs that will be most effective in improving the health of the people we serve.

The result of the CHIP process will be a health improvement plan that will describe how participating community organizations can work together to improve health of our population. The plan will be developed during a series of task force meetings.

A steering committee (see list of members at right) guides the administrative work of Healthy Together, including facilitating meetings, creating agendas, inviting participants, and publishing reports.

A Healthy Together Task Force, made up of dozens of stakeholders from throughout the county, will meet regularly to:

• Review and compare county, state, and national health data
• Prioritize county health issues and needs
• Develop goals and objectives to address those needs
• Review progress toward those goals and objectives

St. Peter's Health

Rocky Mountain Development Council, Inc.

United Way of the Lewis and Clark Area

Lewis and Clark Public Health

PureView Health Center 

2024 Community Health Assessment(PDF, 126MB)

2024 CASPER Report(PDF, 13MB)

2022 Community Health Improvement Plan(PDF, 6MB)  

2022 Community Health Improvement Plan(PDF, 6MB)

2021 Community Health Assessment(PDF, 4MB)

2019 Community Health Improvement Plan(PDF, 2MB)

2018 Community Health Assessment(PDF, 9MB)

2016 Community Health Improvement Plan(PDF, 1MB)

2015 Community Health Assessment(PDF, 5MB)

2013 Community Health Improvement Plan(PDF, 6MB)

2011 Community Health Assessment(PDF, 2MB)  

The "community health improvement planning" process, or CHIP, is an opportunity to develop a common agenda for the entire community. It will help all of us to focus our energy and resources and support policies, projects, and programs that will be most effective in improving the health of the people we serve.

The plan was developed during a series of meetings with a task force(PDF, 450KB) made up of representatives of the local public health system.(PDF, 225KB)

A draft version of the 2025 Community Health Improvement Plan is now available HERE(PDF, 271KB) for review and feedback. 

The public is encouraged to read the draft plan and provide their thoughts and suggestions via this Jotform link: 

https://form.jotform.com/Clark_Lewis/CHIP-Draft-Community-Feedback

The result of the CHIP process will be a Health Improvement Plan that will cover more than the roles and responsibilities of the health department. It will describe how the health department and other community organizations can work together to improve the overall health of the people we serve over the next three years. 

For more information about the Community Health Improvement Planning process, contact Amber Johnson, Communications Specialist at Lewis and Clark Public Health, 406-457-8908.

2024 Healthy Together Annual Progress Report Presentation(PDF, 1MB)

CHIP Goals, Objectives, and Activities(PDF, 6MB)

2024 Presentation Recording

Healthy People 2030

The Guide to Community Preventive Services

NACCHO Model Practices Database

Guide to Developing a CHIP Plan