CHI - St. Francis

Every three years, we conduct a Community Health Needs Assessment to understand how we can best serve the estimated 23,000 residents living in Wilkin County, Minnesota, and Richland County, North Dakota. To compile the 2016 report, we used information gathered between August 2015 and January 2016. We found that key areas of need still require more attention, and there are new issues that must be highlighted by our Steering Committee moving forward. But our current task forces have made strides to address existing needs and plans are in place to make progress in the coming years. "We as a community are working collaboratively to improve the health of our families and neighbors," says Ann Trebesch, vice president of Operations/Mission at CHI St. Francis Health. "Success will be determined by all of us working together." Primary Areas of Need Obesity is at the top of our priority list, with substance use and abuse running a close second. Together, these variables are the leading contributors to chronic conditions that impact our community, such as cancer, diabetes, and hypertension. Because members of our community reside in two dierent states, gathering funding and meeting regulations cohesively can be challenging, but we have resources in place to help establish comprehensive solutions. Specically, our ACTIVE task force meets quarterly to address obesity management initiatives and developments, while our Substance Use/Abuse Task Force is working diligently to develop educational campaigns and programs to highlight issues such as prevention of abuse, enforcement of methods designed to discourage abuse, and options available to work through addiction. In this issue of Imagine Better Health, you will learn more about the work being done by each of our task forces and the impact we hope to have on the community in the coming years. Mental health needs will be folded in with our Substance Abuse programs, as we have come to understand how closely intertwined these areas of need are. We are also eager to tackle the challenge of coming up with solutions to make quality childcare more accessible to all families in the community. "It is very benecial to have everyone in the community looking at the same data and resources," says Deb Flack, MS, RN, administrator with the Richland County Health Department. "Together, clinics, hospitals, and public health organizations can identify gaps and work together to make this a better place to live." To read the full 2016 Community Health Needs Assessment, visit www.sfcare.org/2016-community-health-assessment-reports. Meeting theNeeds of Our Community By conducting our 2015–2016 Community Health Needs Assessment, we learned more about how our community can work together to address key wellness needs. 2016 Community Benet Report Number of Contacts Value ($'s) Benets for People Living in Poverty Financial Assistance 170 69,236 Means-Tested Programs 0 311,880 Community Health Improvement Services 14,802 43,822 Financial and In-Kind Contributions 26 2,330 Community Building Activities 279 20,093 Total Benets for People Living in Poverty 15,277 447,361 Benets for the Broader Community Community Health Improvement Services 336,687 54,931 Financial and In-Kind Contributions 70,073 58,737 Health Professions Education 914 146,083 Subsidized Health Services 2,641 775,996 Community Building Activities 80,258 73,771 Community Benet Operations 76,936 14,641 Total Benets for Broader Community 567,509 1,124,159 Total Community Benet 582,786 $1,571,520 2 Highway 75 North and 210 West

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