Community Health

CCDPH is committed to improving the health and well-being of all residents by addressing external factors that can impact residents’ health. Through collaboration and partnership with government agencies, community-based organizations and healthcare providers, CCDPH works to reduce residents’ barriers to accessing health services and advance policies and programs that encourage healthy, active living and overall well-being.

Core Program Areas

On this page:

Building Healthier Communities – Grant-Funded Initiatives
Chronic Diseases
Good Food Purchasing Initiative
Health Equity
Health Literacy
Mental Health & Substance Use
School Health
Tobacco & Smoking

Building Healthier Communities – Grant-Funded Initiatives

Find information on the two grant-funded BHC initiatives, program strategies, and grant award recipients.

Chronic Diseases

Chronic diseases can require ongoing medical attention, limit activities of daily living, or both. There are things we can do as individuals and as a community to live longer healthier lives.

Good Food Purchasing Initiative

Formed in 2018, this initiative aims to ensure that institutional food purchasing advances an equitable, healthy, fair, local, humane, and sustainable food system.

Health Equity

CCDPH works to ensure the health and well-being for those who need it the most, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, class, income, immigration status, or other social categories.

Health Literacy

The Advancing Organizational Health Literacy toolkit is a practical introduction to health literacy designed for professionals in public health, government, social services or healthcare.

Mental Health & Substance Use

CCDPH provides outreach, public education, training, assessment, and funding to non-profit partners to promote mental well-being and reduce the harms of substance use.

School Health

Explore up-to-date guidance, tools, and programs to promote the health and safety of your community. Stay connected, informed, and equipped to address the ever-changing challenges in school health.

Tobacco & Smoking

Learn about the harms of tobacco and vaping products and how they affect your health. Explore resources to help you quit and find out about policies in place to help communities breathe clean air.