Steering Committee
Visioning
Community Themes and Strengths Committee
Local Public Health Systems Committee
Community Health Status Committee
Forces of Change Committee
Strategic Issues Committee
Subcommittee
Steering Committee
Description: The Steering Committee is the overarching committee that oversees the entire community assessment.
Time Commitment: The Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) assessment will take approximately one year during which the Steering committee will oversee the MAPP Process. Meetings are expected to take place 1-2 a month. The community assessment is expected to be repeated every 3-5 years, and members may be asked to participate in the next assessment cycle.
Responsibilities of this Committee
-Orchestrate the processes of the visioning committee
-Keep vision and values identified by the visioning committee integrated throughout the MAPP process
-Supervise the progress of the 4 MAPP Assessment Committees: Community Health Status, Forces of Change, Local Public Health Status, Community Themes and Strengths
-Determine what issues are crucial to the community vision and the success of the public health system
-Manage and create subcommittees for each health related issue
Desired Attributes
-Someone who likes to work with the big picture
-Can manage several smaller committees at once
-Leadership experience
Description: The Steering Committee is the overarching committee that oversees the entire community assessment.
Time Commitment: The Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) assessment will take approximately one year during which the Steering committee will oversee the MAPP Process. Meetings are expected to take place 1-2 a month. The community assessment is expected to be repeated every 3-5 years, and members may be asked to participate in the next assessment cycle.
Responsibilities of this Committee
-Orchestrate the processes of the visioning committee
-Keep vision and values identified by the visioning committee integrated throughout the MAPP process
-Supervise the progress of the 4 MAPP Assessment Committees: Community Health Status, Forces of Change, Local Public Health Status, Community Themes and Strengths
-Determine what issues are crucial to the community vision and the success of the public health system
-Manage and create subcommittees for each health related issue
Desired Attributes
-Someone who likes to work with the big picture
-Can manage several smaller committees at once
-Leadership experience
Visioning Committee
Description: The Visioning Committee is responsible for creating a future vision for the county in terms of how we want our community to look in 20-30 years. This vision will be integrated into each step of the MAPP process, and help determine what health concerns will be improved upon.
Time Commitment: Expected 4-6 weeks with 1-2 meetings a week.
Responsibilities of this committee
-Work with VISTA’S to create visioning process
-Identify other visioning efforts ex: Horizons
-Design visioning process with several visioning sessions
-Formulate vision and values statements
Desired Attributes
-Facilitating experience
Description: This committee collects health data to see what health issues are prevalent in our community.
Time Commitment: Estimated at 4 months with meetings 2-4 times a month.
Responsibilities of this Committee
-Gather and analyze information on demographics, health status (social, metal, maternal, etc.), quality of life, and risk factors
-Analyze and identify health issues and determining community standing compared to peer-communities, state, and the nation
-Present findings to steering committee
Desired Attributes
-Experience with statistics and information gathering
Description: This committee looks at what forces may impact our community, such as social forces or natural forces, and how we can respond to them.
Time Commitment: Estimated at 2 months with 2-4 meetings a month
Responsibilities of this Committee
-Identify forces, factors, or events that will influence the health of the community and threats or opportunities for each factor
-Look at the work of the local health system
-Present findings to steering committee
Desired Attributes
-Knowledge of social, economic, or natural factors affecting the community
-Familiar with policies and legislation
Description: The strategic issues committee will analyze findings from assessments and create overarching goals that will contribute to the creation of a community identified by the vision.
Time Commitment: Estimated at 2 months with weekly meetings
Responsibilities of this Community
- Discuss potential strategic issues including why they are important and urgency
-Create overarching goals from assessment findings
-Assign priority of issues
Desired Attributes
-Those who have experience with quality improvement or any other analysis improvement type plans
Description: A subcommittee will be created for each health related goal that is identified by the MAPP process and Steering Committee. Each Subcommittee will work towards a specific goal.
Time Commitment: About 4 months, with 2-4 meetings per month
Members of this Committee will
-Focus on one health concern identified during the community assessments
-Work on strategies and an action plan to address their health concern
-Present findings to steering committee
-Work to complete strategies agreed upon with the steering committee
-Evaluate success of completed actions, and consider further action or new strategies
Desired Attributes
-Knowledge and passion for health concern identified
-Knowledge on policy building, program creating, or development
Time Commitment: Expected 4-6 weeks with 1-2 meetings a week.
Responsibilities of this committee
-Work with VISTA’S to create visioning process
-Identify other visioning efforts ex: Horizons
-Design visioning process with several visioning sessions
-Formulate vision and values statements
Desired Attributes
-Facilitating experience
Description: This committee collects health data to see what health issues are prevalent in our community.
Time Commitment: Estimated at 4 months with meetings 2-4 times a month.
Responsibilities of this Committee
-Gather and analyze information on demographics, health status (social, metal, maternal, etc.), quality of life, and risk factors
-Analyze and identify health issues and determining community standing compared to peer-communities, state, and the nation
-Present findings to steering committee
Desired Attributes
-Experience with statistics and information gathering
Description: This committee looks at what forces may impact our community, such as social forces or natural forces, and how we can respond to them.
Time Commitment: Estimated at 2 months with 2-4 meetings a month
Responsibilities of this Committee
-Identify forces, factors, or events that will influence the health of the community and threats or opportunities for each factor
-Look at the work of the local health system
-Present findings to steering committee
Desired Attributes
-Knowledge of social, economic, or natural factors affecting the community
-Familiar with policies and legislation
Description: The strategic issues committee will analyze findings from assessments and create overarching goals that will contribute to the creation of a community identified by the vision.
Time Commitment: Estimated at 2 months with weekly meetings
Responsibilities of this Community
- Discuss potential strategic issues including why they are important and urgency
-Create overarching goals from assessment findings
-Assign priority of issues
Desired Attributes
-Those who have experience with quality improvement or any other analysis improvement type plans
Description: A subcommittee will be created for each health related goal that is identified by the MAPP process and Steering Committee. Each Subcommittee will work towards a specific goal.
Time Commitment: About 4 months, with 2-4 meetings per month
Members of this Committee will
-Focus on one health concern identified during the community assessments
-Work on strategies and an action plan to address their health concern
-Present findings to steering committee
-Work to complete strategies agreed upon with the steering committee
-Evaluate success of completed actions, and consider further action or new strategies
Desired Attributes
-Knowledge and passion for health concern identified
-Knowledge on policy building, program creating, or development