MONROE — The Green County Healthy Community Coalition on June 27 shared that the 2025-2027 Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) has been published. This plan lays out steps the community can take to help improve health in Green County.
“The Community Health Improvement Plan is an important part of helping improve people’s lives here in Green County. It includes goals and strategies to outline what we’re actually going to do about some of the biggest issues in our community,” said RoAnn Warden, Director at Green County Public Health. “This plan was created by people from different areas and organizations across Green County, by working together we’re able to combine resources and make a greater impact.”
The Green County Community Health Improvement Plan focuses on two priorities; mental health and housing. The plan includes goals, objectives and strategies for how the community can help improve mental health and housing. To view the full plan, visit greencohcc.org.
There are two workgroups working on achieving these goals over the next three years. The housing workgroup is led by the Green County Development Corporation and SSM Health Monroe, with group members who represent local municipalities, businesses, non-profits, education, healthcare, human services, and more. The mental health workgroup is led by Green County Public Health and Green County Behavioral Health with group members from human services, local businesses, non-profits, law enforcement, and healthcare.
Anyone is welcome to join these workgroups, for more information, contact the coalition through the “Contact” form on their website. The workgroups will be working on this Community Health Improvement Plan through the end of 2027. Stay tuned for updates about their achievements.
Mental health and housing were chosen as priorities for the Community Health Improvement Plan after the coalition completed a Community Health Needs Assessment in 2024. The purpose of this assessment was to better understand what the largest health issues facing the community are, and mental health and housing were consistent themes throughout the assessment process. During the assessment they gathered data about the health of the community, created an online survey, held community conversations, conducted key informant interviews, and gathered secondary data. After gathering data, they shared the results with coalition members, and then discussed which issues they were able to make an impact on, and which issues came up the most during the assessment; which were mental health and housing.
To learn more about the Green County Healthy Community Coalition, visit https://www.greencohcc.org/ and its Facebook page.
