Healthy Together is an ongoing partnership among agencies in Lewis and Clark County that are concerned with improving population health. The partnership was formalized in October 2017.
Purpose and Goals
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.
What Is Healthy Together?
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
Healthy Together Task Force
April 1, 2019 Meeting
March 4, 2019 Meeting
- Participant Sign-In Sheets
- Meeting Minutes
- Handout: Five Conditions of Collective Impact
- Presentation: Community Health Improvement Plan Meeting #3
February 4, 2019 Meeting
- Participant Sign-In Sheets
- Meeting Minutes
- Health Priorities Survey Results
- Presentation: Meeting 2 Overview
- Presentation: Collective Impact 101
- Presentation: Zero to Five Initiative
- Presentation: Maternal Mental Health Work Group
- Presentation: County Mental Health Local Advisory Council
January 7, 2019 Meeting
Steering Committee
Amy Emmert
Director of Population Health
St. Peter's Health
Lori Ladas
Executive Director
Rocky Mountain Development Council, Inc.
Emily McVey
Executive Director
United Way of the Lewis and Clark Area
Drenda Niemann
Health Officer
Lewis and Clark Public Health
Jill-Marie Steeley
Executive Director
PureView Health Center
Haylie Wisemiller
Population Health
St. Peter's Health
Jolene Jennings
Behavioral Health Systems Improvement Specialist
Lewis and Clark Public Health
Dorota Carpenedo
Epidemiologist
Lewis and Clark Public Health