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Authorizing Adoption of 2024-2027 Community Health Improvement Plan By Kane County Board
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WHEREAS, formal community health needs assessments, prioritization, and action planning are required of certified local health departments in the state of Illinois every five years (77 IL Admin Code 600.210) and are further recognized as part of the essential services of health departments by national public health authorities, such as the Public Health Accreditation Board; and
WHEREAS, the Kane County Health Department has fulfilled this obligation since the inception of the Illinois requirement in 1994; and
WHEREAS, the five hospitals located in Kane County as well as the INC Mental Health Alliance alongside local community partners have worked collaboratively over the past 18 months with the Kane County Health Department to conduct the Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnership (MAPP 2.0) process in order to better identify and understand the health-related community assets, needs and priorities related to the health of Kane County residents in the most comprehensive way possible; and
WHEREAS, the parties seek to use the results of this community health assessment to then work collaboratively amongst themselves and with other interested parties in Kane County to improve the health and well-being of Kane County individuals, families, population groups and the community as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the community health assessment and improvement planning process led to the creation of Kane Health Counts, a collaborative of individuals and organizations dedicated to addressing health problems in Kane County by creating goals, objectives, and strategies for community health improvement; and
WHEREAS, Kane Health Counts has actively participated in developing the findings and recommendations of this collaborative community health assessment and improvement planning process throughout the past 18 months; and
WHEREAS, Kane Health Counts has identified behavioral health, access to health services, housing access, and food access as the top four priority issues in Kane County; and
WHEREAS, the Kane Health Counts Executive Committee recommends the adoption of the 2024-2027 Kane County Community Health Improvement Plan by the Kane County Board of Health; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Kane County Board of Health that it hereby adopts the 2024-2027 Kane County Community Health Improvement Plan and encourages Kane County residents, community and faith-based organizations, educational institutions, health and social service organizations, municipalities and other governmental agencies to actively work to achieve improved community health outcomes; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chairman of the Kane County Board of Health is authorized to submit the 2024-2027 Kane County Community Health Improvement Plan to the Illinois Department of Public Health for its review and approval as required of certified local health departments in the state of Illinois every five years (77 IL Admin Code 600.210).
Passed by the Kane County Board on May 13, 2025.
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John A. Cunningham, MBA, JD, JD Corinne M. Pierog MA, MBA
Clerk, County Board Chairman, County Board
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois
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