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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
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How does Healthy Fall River
function? The Healthy City Fall River process involves hundreds of individuals and dozens of organizations. Much of the work involves connecting people who are involved in separate but related efforts to improve the health of the City.
The NewsletterA Healthy City Fall River newsletter is published quarterly to provide easy access to information about the progress of the process. Descriptions of the Action Plan, stories about community activities that contribute to a healthier city, and reports of the evaluation process is included in the newsletter that is distributed through a variety of organizations and by mail to persons who have indicated an interest in the project.
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The Design Team
The
Design Team is made up of
over one hundred individuals representing a broad array of groups and
activities that contribute to the health of the community. Members of the Team meet
quarterly to review the progress of the Healthy City Fall River process and
to make recommendations to the Planning Team, a smaller group composed of
representatives of the Mayor’s Office, the Fall River Department of Health
and Human Services, Partners for a Healthier Community and the Southeastern
Center for Healthy Communities. The role of the Design Team is to interpret
the input of the community, to help shape a plan of action and to evaluate
the overall progress of the initiative. The Government Center DisplayA permanent display of the Healthy City project is maintained in the lobby of Government Center with information from the web site and the newsletter.
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The Web SitePartners for a Healthier Community maintains a web site at www.healthycityfallriver.org that provides immediate access to information about the Healthy City Fall River initiative. Information and photographs documenting the entire process are available so that anyone new to the process may be brought up-to-date at any time. In addition, information about the Action Priorities and the Action Plan is maintained at this site. Links to information about Healthy City projects around the world as well as links to useful resources are also provided. Anyone wishing to join the Design Team or to have input into the process may e-mail the Healthy City Fall River Coordinator at drweed@cox.net at their convenience. Evaluation Staff from the Center for Healthy Communities who are familiar with standard evaluation techniques consult in this process. They have developed an easy-to-use format that each Action Priority group completes, identifying the specific goals of the group, the process to achieve the goals and benchmarks indicating defined progress toward each goal. Information on the progress of each activity is gathered by the consultants, organized in a reader-friendly format, and published at the end of each year on the web site. A “Community Report Card” that outlines the progress toward addressing the Action Priority goals is also published each summer and distributed widely throughout the community. |
