GOAL: BUILD HEALTHY, INCLUSIVE, AND
RESILIENT COMMUNITIES
STRATEGIC STATEMENT: Improve health for all Lake County residents by assuring the
places where they live, work and play have the critical elements required to make
communities, safe, healthy, inclusive, and vibrant.
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Strategy 1: Improve policy, systems, and environmental design to promote improvement in
health outcomes for all Lake County residents through the understanding of social
determinants 1 of health.
Action A: Leverage Live Well Lake County (LWLC) 2 and the Lake County Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) 3 to
assist in focused policy, system, and environmental interventions aimed to improve the health of all county residents.
Action B: Increase the number of municipalities in Lake County with safe routes for walking and biking related
initiatives through LWLC Walking Action Team and Go Lake County initiatives.
Action C: Expand holistic community-wide understanding of the role that social determinants of health, such as
education, workforce, housing, health and economic outcomes play in the well-being of Lake County residents.
Action D: Continue to leverage and expand communication tools, information sharing and other resources to assist
service agencies to treat the whole person.
Action E: Enhance personal preparedness through outreach, training and workshops provided by emergency
preparedness teams in Lake County.
Action F: Cultivate disaster-resilient communities through joint planning, training, and exercising with partner
organizations in the public and private sectors.
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Social Determinants: “Conditions in the places where people live, learn, work and play - such as education, socioeconomic status, employment, access to
healthcare, physical environment, and social support networks - that affect a wide range of health risks and outcomes.”
Live Well Lake County is a community partnership created in 2011 to help assess and identify ways to improve health conditions for Lake County
residents. For more information on LWLC please visit www.LiveWellLakeCounty.org.
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The CHIP is the plan to improve health outcomes of county residents based on the community health assessment conducted by LCHD/CHC staff and
approved by LWLC steering committee. To learn more about the CHIP please visit http://www.livewelllakecounty.org/improvement-plan.
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Strategy 2: Increase access to behavioral health services in Lake County and reduce the
stigma of behavioral health-related conditions.
Action A: Increase awareness of and access to behavioral health services (joint development of substance abuse and
mental health treatment planning and coordinated case management) based on identified population need.
Action B: In collaboration with community partners, launch a public awareness campaign focused on reducing stigma
of behavioral health-related conditions.
Action C: Support data sharing initiatives of service providers in Lake County to create an increased understanding of
population demand for behavioral health services, availability of providers in Lake County, potential shifts in demand
based on market trends, and coordinated efforts of service providers.
Action D: Empower the Lake County Mental Health Coalition to evaluate gaps in meeting the needs of the chronically
homeless and those experiencing mental health conditions and recommend strategies for addressing any gaps.
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