Health Policy and Planning Commission (HPPC)

The mission of the HPPC is to assist, inform, and advise the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) and the Health & Human Services Department staff in carrying out their roles in the development of public policy, planning and programming directed at overall health improvement. The mission involves two inter-related tracks, one focusing on policy development, and the other addressing health planning.

In keeping with the mission of the HPPC, the primary functions of the HPPC is to provide oversight and coordination of ongoing health improvement efforts, to facilitate the alignment of those efforts, to monitor progress, and to remain informed (and inform others) about promising new directions. Specifically, it is the HPPC’s role to:

• Keep track of the health improvement activities outlined in their plan.
• Convene partners to ensure that these efforts are aligned and integrated.
• Convene partners to explore other potential activities and assess their feasibility.
• Collect data, monitor performance, and update the county health profile.
• Encourage partners to incorporate HPPC goals and performance indicators in their planning work.
• Encourage public and private funders to consider HPPC goals in their funding decisions.