Community Health Assessment & Improvement Plan

One of the first steps in the community improvement planning process is to complete a CHA every five years. CHAs allow us to learn about the health of the Adams County community, including

• The overall health of the population
• Factors contributing to higher health risks or poorer health outcomes of people living in Adams County
• Community assets and resources that can improve and support population health

Gathering input from the community, stakeholders, and partners is critical to building the CHA. We use information from the CHA to strategically inform and prioritize the health issues that will be addressed in the Community Health Improvement Plan.

The 2022 Adams County CHA was prepared by the now-closed Tri-County Health Department and included partnering with community-based organizations in Adams County to engage more meaningfully with community members and partners.

The Adams County Board of Health approved the 2025-2029 CHIP on March 20, 2025. This is the first CHIP completed by the Adams County Health Department and is the result of the collaborative efforts between county staff, community-based organizational partners, and community members making up the Adams County Thriving Communities Collective (ACTCC). The CHIP comes from over a year of collective work by the ACTCC and is guided by community input.

Community Health Improvement Plan Documents

• Full Report
• Summary (English)
• Summary (Spanish)

The ACTCC developed the CHIP using a collective impact approach grounded in the knowledge that health is supported and highly influenced by the communities and systems in which we live. The ACTCC identified three community health priority areas, which were approved by the Adams County Board of Health in January 2024:

• Access to Care
• Economy Security
• Housing

Explore the CHIP and the three community health priorities in-depth.

The CHIP report provides an overview of the development process, summarizes data gathered from community outreach and public health data systems, and presents detailed information about the ACTCC’s plan to address Access to Care, Economic Security, and Housing over the next five years.

• Appendix A – Community Survey Results, Adams County
• Appendix B – Community Survey Results, Zencity
• Appendix C – Community Survey Sample Comparison
• Appendix D – Priority Populations
• Appendix E – Focus Group Summaries
• Appendix F – Partner Survey Results
• Appendix G – Capacity Assessment Matrix
• Appendix H – Group Agreements
• Appendix I – The 5 Whys Tool
• Appendix J – Feasibility/Urgency Strategy Matrices
• Appendix K – Logic Models
• Appendix L – Prioritization Matrices
• Appendix M – Asset Inventory