Tuesday, November 26, 2019

November CHIP Update

Dear Community Partners and Key Stakeholders,

 We are so pleased to announce that our Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) has been approved by the NC Department of Public Health. The plan is now publicly available for you to view and use to inform your work, as is the Community Health Assessment (CHA).  It is important to stress while the CHA is a final document, the CHIP is a living and evolving document and will change over time.  The online document articulates that this is an early plan with much of the focus on process.  The next phase of the work is just beginning and we look forward to engaging each of you and our larger community over the coming months.  In the next day or so, we will be sending out a summary of the work to date broadly to all who contributed to the development of the CHA and CHIP.  
Our CHIP staff had the opportunity to provide an update on our CHIP Plan to the Buncombe County Health and Human Services Board on October 25th. The presentation was well received and generated some thoughtful discussion, particularly around the overarching strategy of Advancing Cross-sector Collaboration to Undo Racism and the role of the HHS Board in pushing this work forward. 

 Commissioner Edwards requested that staff present on the CHIP process and strategies to the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners before the board finalizes their Strategic Priority work in at the end of this year. The CHIP presentation will be at the upcoming County Commissioners' meeting on Tuesday, December 3rd at 5 PM, at 200 College Street (Room 326) - we welcome you to join and invite any community partners you think may be interested!
The County Commissioners are looking for more community input on the next Buncombe County Strategic Plan through the first week of December. Please go to a public input session and share your voice on what you believe is most important for the County to prioritize over the coming years: 

The CHIP Advisory Council is pleased to announce Emma Olsen as our new chair. Emma is Director of Partnerships and Evaluation for the NC Center for Health and Wellness and comes to this role with deep knowledge of RBA and our CHIP process. In fact, Emma interned with CHIP in 2014 and first brought Results Based Accountability and the online scorecard to our attention as a tool for sharing data and communicating progress.  You can read Emma's bio here.

 Our CHIP process identified advancing Cross-sector Collaboration to Create a Trauma-Responsive and Resilience-focused Community as one of two strategies with a key emphasis on services and supports for our youngest community members and communities of color. Our strategy conversations recognized the challenges and progress our schools are making and stressed the importance of identifying community-based approaches to support the work happening in schools, and in ensuring supports extended to teachers and parents. With this context, we have asked David Thompson, Director of Student Services with Buncombe County Schools and Shane Cassida, Executive Director for Student Support Services with Asheville City Schools to attend our December 5th CHIP Advisory Meeting to report on their collaborative approaches to address equity and create trauma-responsive environments to support social emotional learning and the mental health and well-being of students and how they are measuring progress.  

Keep up-to-date on more timely information and partner updates on our Facebook page. You'll also find resources and learning opportunities on our blog pages. We try to keep up-to-date on postings related to ways to support our partners and engage in advocacy.  
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With gratitude,

The CHIP Team!
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