The Challenge In rural western New York in 2011, Genesee and Orleans — two counties of similar geographic size, political make-up and demographics — began to face many of [...]
The Challenge Southern Colorado’s San Luis Valley is a geographically isolated, high-desert valley encompassing more than 8,000 square miles. For years, just one state employee was responsible for providing [...]
The Challenge The Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Bureau, in the Public Health and Safety Division of the Montana Department of Health and Human Services, encompasses several programs [...]
The Setting Although it’s technically five different counties — Douglas, Grant, Traverse, Stevens and Pope — the west central region of Minnesota is better known by the 70,000 or [...]
The Challenge High in the Colorado Rockies, neighboring Hinsdale and Mineral counties have much in common. With a combined population of approximately 2,000 year-round residents, each county is designated [...]
The Challenge Like most municipalities across the state of New Jersey, Montgomery Township, a suburban community in the southern corner of Somerset County, could no longer afford to hire [...]
The Challenge The Florida Department of Health (FL DOH) is an integrated public health system comprising 67 county health departments and a central office. Each county health department is [...]
The Challenge Marion and Polk Counties, collectively spanning about 1,950 square miles, comprise most of Mid-Willamette Valley in Oregon. The state capital, Salem, is located in Marion County and [...]
The Challenge The counties of Gunnison, Hinsdale, Ouray, San Miguel, Montrose and Delta comprise West Central Colorado, a sparsely populated area of about 9,568 square miles. Many residents live [...]
The Challenge In 2011, when the Ohio Department of Health mandated that every local health department, in order to receive state funds, must be accredited by the Public Health Accreditation [...]
