Community Health Planning Resources - Prevention Agenda 2025-2030

Letter and Community Health Planning Guidance for 2025-2030

• Letter and Community Health Planning Guidance for 2025-2030 (PDF)

This cover letter and guidance provide an overview of New York's specific requirements for the Community Health Assessment (CHA), Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP), and Community Service Plan (CSP). It also outlines the roles of Local Health Departments (LHDs) and hospitals in implementing the 2025-2030 Prevention Agenda, New York State's health improvement plan. Please use the blank template to complete the workplan (xlsx).

Implementing the 2025-2030 New York State Prevention Agenda Webinar

The Implementing the 2025-2030 New York State Prevention Agenda webinar is a resource to support local partners in implementing the 2025-2030 Prevention Agenda in the communities they serve. The webinar provides important guidance and resources, and includes the following highlights:

• An overview of the 2025-2030 Prevention Agenda framework and action plans.
• A review of reporting requirements and submission timeline of the Community Health Assessments, Community Health Improvement Plans, and Community Service Plans (CHAs/CHIPs/CSPs).
• A demonstration of how to fill out the Workplan Template for CHIPs and CSPs.
• A snapshot of state dashboards and county-level data.

• View a PDF of the presentation slides

CHA/CHIP Resources

• National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) Resource Center
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) CHA/CHIP Resources
• Community Tool Box
• The Association for Community Health Improvement (ACHI) CHA Toolkit
• Community Commons

Data Resources

• The Prevention Agenda Dashboard
• The New York State Community Health Indicator Reports (CHIRS)
• County Health Indicators by Race and Ethnicity (CHIRE)
• NYSDOH dashboards
• The New York State 2023 Health Equity Report
• New York's Open Data
• The U.S. Census Bureau
• The American Community Survey (ACS)
• County Health Rankings
• America's Health Rankings
• Office of Mental Health (OMH) Statistics and Reports
• Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) Addiction Data Bulletins
• The Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) program

Evidence-Based Resources

• The Prevention Agenda
• Healthy People 2030
• County Health Rankings – What Works for Health
• The Community Guide
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices
• The National Institutes of Health
• The Cochrane Library
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) - Evidence for Action
• Evidence-Based Toolkits for Rural Community Health
• HANY's Community Health Initiatives Tool