Community Health Assessment & Improvement Plan
“Public health is what we do together as a society to ensure the conditions in which everyone can be healthy.”
Building a Healthier Adams County Today
Everyone deserves the opportunity to be healthy and thriving. Together, partners from across the county are coming together to build a healthier Adams County- one building block at a time.
Creating a Healthier Community
All local health departments in Colorado are required by law and rule to provide certain public health services to their communities, including specific core public health services. Local health departments must also complete a Community Health Assessment (CHA) and a Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) every five years, guided by the Colorado Health Assessment and Planning System (CHAPS).
Through extensive feedback and engagement with the community, the Adams County Thriving Communities Collective has identified three priority areas for improving public health in Adams County. Click on the buttons below to explore our process and each of the priorities.
About our Process
At the heart of the Community Health Improvement Plan are the many people in Adams County whom we serve and strive to create a healthier county. By forming the Adams County Thriving Community Collective, we have welcomed the community into our process of creating a plan for a healthier Adams County.
Priority One: Access to Care
Connecting quickly and easily with affordable and accessible health care is key to a healthier community. That includes making appointments, understanding care options, finding a provider that meets your needs, and more.
Priority Two: Economic Security
Rising costs make it a challenge to have enough money to pay the bills and afford groceries, let alone save for the future. The Community Health Improvement Plan aims to lower the barriers that block people from financial independence.
Priority Three: Housing
The housing system is complicated and a struggle to navigate. Finding an affordable home that meets our needs, and is safe and healthy, is out of reach for many people. The Adams County Health Department is working with partners to create more accessible, healthy housing.
Creating Collective Impact in Adams County
The Adams County Thriving Communities Collective (ACTCC) is committed to creating a healthier and thriving Adams County for all. The ACTCC is organized by the Adams County Health Department and is made up of community residents, community-based organizations, and Adams County employees.
To learn more about the ACTCC or to join the group, please email CommunityPlan@adamscountyco.gov.
Explore Adams County's Community Health Plans
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
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.