What is Healthy Communities of Delaware

HCD is a collective impact initiative to enhance the alignment, coordination

and volume of investments in Delaware’s communities to address the

social determinants of health.

•Progress made, but we rank 31st in America’s Health Rankings

•Sicker than average state•Older and aging faster than other states•DE ranks in bottom half of states for:

- Overdose deaths - Infant mortality- Cancer deaths - Diabetes- Physical activity - Smoking- Cardiovascular deaths

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Delaware’s Overall Health

Snapshots of Wilmington and Dover: Percentage Black Population and Life

Expectancy

Health begins where we live, learn, work, pray and play.

What Surrounds Us, Shapes Us

Determinants of Health

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My Health Community landing pagehttps://myhealthycommunity.dhss.delaware.gov

You can search for:• Street address• Zip code• Census tract block

group• Neighborhood• Town/City• County• Also provides state-

level reports• Note regarding

HIPAA • Not all data can be

made available at the small spatial resolutions to ensure HIPAA compliance.

• 1st approach: smaller geography when suppression rules met, if not aggregates multiple years• 2nd approach: next higher geography with annual or multiple years if necessary

A few comments on the Evolution ofHealthy Communities Delaware

While the name “Healthy Communities Delaware” is relatively new, the initiative is built on ideas and hard work that’s not so new, in particular, the “Healthy Neighborhoods” program.

Primary responsibilities of the Leadership Council are to . . .

Pursue ideas and actions that are evidence-based using a collective impact approach to improve community health.

Discuss, decide and prioritize major short-term, mid-term and long-term goals of HCD that are based on reliable data.

Provide ideas and feedback on the composition and implementation of different “investment portfolios” for different low-wealth communities across the state.

Meet regularly

The HCD Management Group is a partnership between three anchor organizations:

University of Delaware Partnership for Healthy Communities Operational Management Alignment Across UD

Delaware Community Foundation Fiscal Management

Delaware Department of Health and Social Services Public Health Tracking Network Alignment across state government

Community Investment Council

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Delaware CommunityInvestment Council

Non-pooled Resources

Limited Pooled

Resources Investors

Management Group

Project & Program

Proposals

Three Phased ApproachPhase 1: April 2018 through January 2019. Included

design of the HCD model and the launch of its three primary components.

Phase 2: February 2019 – June 2019. No SIM funding, but momentum is being sustained with state, federal and in-kind resources.

Phase 3: July 1, 2019 and beyond. Support through a variety of financial and in-kind sources, including the Community Investment Council and state funding (proposed by the Delaware Health Fund -Tobacco Settlement monies).

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