GRANT COUNTY, WA - Grant County Health District (GCHD) proudly presents the long-awaited Grant County Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP). Thanks to the right combination of staff, funding, and resources, the GCHD team is thrilled to share a CHIP with our community for the first time in over a decade. 

About the CHIP

The CHIP is a roadmap designed to improve health outcomes and strengthen the well-being of all Grant County residents. This plan unites public health and community organizations through shared goals that drive coordinated action across Grant County. 

“To everyone who has contributed to the CHIP, the GCHD team and I extend our sincere gratitude,” said Theresa Adkinson, GCHD Administrator. “From the participants in listening sessions who helped shape the priorities, to the subcommittees who helped craft objectives, to the Grant County Board of Health for their guidance and approval of this plan, and to all other partners who supported us in so many ways—thank you.” 

CHIP Priorities 

Together, representatives from our community identified three shared priorities for action:

• Behavioral Health
• Transportation 
• Food Security 

These priorities are connected to bigger issues like economic stability, chronic disease, housing, and access to healthcare. Addressing them means looking at the systems that affect health and working on solutions that are fair, evidence-based, lasting, and based on community needs.

Community Engagement 

GCHD hosted eight listening sessions throughout Grant County to ensure diverse perspectives were captured in the CHIP. Insights from these sessions helped define community priorities and refine our focus areas. 

In early 2025, partners from healthcare, transportation, education, food access, social services, and local government came together to form subcommittees. These subcommittees worked to create strategies and recommendations that shape this plan. 

Explore the CHIP and Get Involved

The CHIP is a living document that can be adapted as public health and community organizations incorporate it into their five-year plans. 

GCHD encourages you to review the CHIP and support its implementation by sharing it with your organization or joining one of the coalitions. To learn more or get involved, contact Alexis Abrahams at Aabrahams@granthealth.org and let her know which priority—behavioral health, transportation, or food security—you are interested in.

You can find the plan at https://granthealth.org/329/Community-Health-Improvement-Plan-CHIP 

The publication of the CHIP is far from the end of our work; it’s just the beginning of a healthier and safer Grant County.

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