STAFF AND COMMITTEE REPORTS
June 25, 2013
Organizational Updates
 Don’t forget to check out our new improved website at www.bchealthcouncil.org.
 Names of new voting members for BCCHC will be submitted to the Bernalillo County Board of
Commissioners at their evening meeting on Tuesday, June 25th along with names of those voting
members whose term will be renewed. Current voting members will be voting this week on revised
bylaws that include, among other revisions, a change from June to July for elections of new officers.
Collective Impact for County & Neighborhood Health (CINCH)
The CINCH Team will be submitting their Community Transformation Implementation Plan to the CDC in
early July. Although there were expectations for an increase in funding, they were told to submit for
$497,353, which is flat funding from the previous two years. The finalized Implementation Plan designed to
reduce chronic disease in Bernalillo County will include activities in the areas of Active Living, Healthy
Eating, Tobacco-Free Living, Clinical Preventive Services, and Healthy & Safe Physical Environments. For
more information, be sure to attend the July 23rd health council meeting where we’ll have a presentation and
discussion of the full plan.
Community Health Improvement Planning (CHIP) Process
PRIORITY: “Healthy and sustainable communities where all families and individuals have
their basic needs met and prosper.”
Several of the topics related to this priority area have been the topic of discussion at the monthly Health
Council meetings (Income/Poverty and Affordable Housing in November and January respectively;
Crime/Violence on February 26th ; Transportation on March 26th; and Environmental Health on April 23rd).
Information and input from these meetings will be incorporated into the updated County Health Profile.
PRIORITY: “Improved health & education outcomes for children/youth from pregnancy to
age 25.”
Early Childhood Accountability Partnership (ECAP) – ECAP held a community-wide convening on Thursday,
June 20th from 8:30 am – 12:00 noon at the Carpenters Local Union 1319 located at 3900 Pan American
Freeway NE. In addition to updates on the work of the Organizing Committee over the past several months,
there were presentations on Mission: Graduate and the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading with discussion
of how the ECAP desired result of “All children in Bernalillo County will be ready for and succeed in school”
aligns with and can contribute to the work of those initiatives. Catherine Bornhorst has begun as the new
part-time ECAP coordinator, with recently received funding from the United Way of Central NM. The
Educational Renewal Network in the UNM College of Education is serving as the fiscal agent for this funding.
Marsha continues as a member of the Organizing Committee that meets twice a month and is co-chair of the
Governance & Infrastructure Committee. For any questions about ECAP activities or how to get involved,
contact her at mcavila@bernco.gov.
PRIORITY: “Improved healthcare access and quality of service for uninsured and indigent
populations.”
Opioid Accountability Summit – The Summit planning committee continues meeting twice a month and the
date for the Summit has been set for Thursday, September 19th. It is anticipated that a Save the Date notice
will be sent to the invitation list within the next week. The timeline has been changed to hold follow-up
RBA planning sessions after the Summit, rather than before as previously planned. These planning/
implementation groups will be focusing on the areas of Prevention, Treatment, Harm Reduction and Law
Enforcement. Currently, individual meetings are being held with influential stakeholders to discuss
policy/program options in advance of the Summit.
NM Alliance of Health Councils (NMAHC)
 The NM Health Equity Partnership and NMAHC held the last of four regional convenings on Thursday,
May 30th in Roswell for the SE Region.
 The NMDOH Office of Policy & Accountability sponsored a Train-the Trainer/Coach training in ResultsBased Accountability (RBA) for health councils on June 11-12th led by Mark Friedman, developer of RBA.
Marsha, Tracy and Sherri Gonzales participated for BCCHC.
 DOH sent letters to all health councils regarding the distribution of new funding and options for whether
or not to accept $5,000 to support assessment and planning work ($195,000 divided by 38 health
councils). The letter was reviewed by the BCCHC voting members and it was decided to not accept the
$5,000 in this funding cycle, due primarily to the fact that BCCHC is fully funded by the County and the
majority of health councils are still struggling with minimal to no funding. Any extra un-used funding will
be redistributed to others. It is hoped that there will be more DOH funding for health councils in future
years, at which point it would make more sense to accept it.
 Ron Hale, NMAHC Coordinator, and Marsha have been involved with the Health Equity Partnership in
interviews for the new Health Council & Community Coordinator to replace Lori Ann Loera who left in
May. The new Coordinator is expected to be hired by the beginning of July.
Urban Health Extension
Enrique Cardiel, Urban Health Extension Coordinator, continues working on the following activities:
 Working with a variety of partners from within the International District Healthy Communities Coalition
(IDHCC) on educational attainment as a health promotion intervention. This will be a multi-sectoral,
place-based intervention focusing on increasing HS Graduation, and GED attainment within the
International District. This will involve a door-to-door approach to understanding neighborhood level
needs and responding to barriers to education. The literature, and experience, shows us that substance
abuse, housing quality, neighborhood and school safety, parental educational attainment, and other
factors will need to be dealt with to change the situation. Focusing on a pilot area of approximately 425
houses will hopefully reap some learnings to scale this work successfully. The project has found much
deeper need than we expected by discovering that at least 25 people on two-blocks are lacking a HS
diploma and 20 are interested in attaining a diploma or GED. As we have maxed out the capacity of the
volunteer Pathways Navigators the project held a "Celebrating Education" event in which 8 people in the
neighborhood from K through Masters were recognized for moving on to their next level of education.
Partners are working on a post-summer celebration already.
 Facilitating International District Healthy Communities Coalition (IDHCC) in working toward
coordinating services and policies to make the International District a great place to raise Happy, Healthy
and Safe Children. A new issue that has come up is UNMH deciding to add alcohol and substance abuse
programs (ASAP) in the International District.
 Working with SE service providers to seek better ways to support those who are publicly intoxicated.
 Worked with County Staff and Community partners to have a successful Community Health Walk in the
International District as part of National Public Health Week.
 Supporting organizations with facilitation, research, and other technical assistance around issues such as
the KAFB Jet Fuel spill, and sector planning.