Transcript Augusta Health Forum 2015 Local Public Health System Police EMS Community Centers Specialty Providers Health Department Churches Home Health Corrections Parks Schools Doctors Hospitals Philanthropist Civic Groups CHCs Laboratory Drug Facilities Treatment Elected Officials Nursing Homes Environmental Health Colleges Fire Child Care Economic Mental ProvidersEmployers Development Health.

Augusta Health Forum 2015
Local Public Health System
Police
EMS
Community
Centers
Specialty
Providers
Health
Department
Churches
Home Health
Corrections
Parks
Schools
Doctors
Hospitals
Philanthropist
Civic Groups
CHCs
Laboratory Drug
Facilities
Treatment
Elected
Officials Nursing
Homes
Environmental
Health
Colleges
Fire
Child Care
Economic
Mental ProvidersEmployers
Development
Health
The Community Health Forum
empowers the greater Augusta
region to achieve its optimal state
of health.
Role of Augusta Health Forum
“Capacity
Building”
Shared goals:
Improved
communication
and partnership
between agencies
Improved
impact on
Measurable
outcomes
community
Coordinated
Strategies:
Decrease
duplication of
services and fill
gaps in services
Conditions of Collective Success
 Common Agenda (CHIP)
 Shared Measurement Systems (CHIP)
 Mutually Reinforcing Activities
 Continuous Communication
 Backbone Support Organizations (Augusta Health
Forum)
coordinated, efficient, cost-effective
The Community Health Forum is
a catalyst for promoting
collaborative, active
partnerships to sustain a
healthy community in the
Augusta region.
Challenges
Local Success
 Broad Participation
 Multiple coordinated grants
 Productive networking
 Agencies feeding agencies
Lessons Learned from Bergen County
 Measurable outcomes and evaluation methods
are key to larger funding opportunities
 501C-3 for donated and raised funding
 Maximize public-private partnerships (sponsorships,
staff sharing)
 Continuity of leadership
THANK YOU!