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Title: The Wanda Letter about CHIP Assessment, Re-application, and Blended Documents
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Greetings Coordinators,
 
It is that time of year for the CHIP-SAT.   Attached is the form you need.
This will probably be a requirement in the Re-Application process,
therefore, take it to a council meeting and complete during the meeting.
This will help with your IHI Contract deliverables and prep for the
Re-Application.
 
(See attached file: CHIP SAT quality.doc)(See attached file: Instrument
administrant instructions.doc)
 
Yes, I did say Re-Application.   BJ Butler and myself met with Patsy Nelson
and we believe that we can do a Re-Application for Coordination Funds for
Comprehensive Community Health Improvement Councils (prenatal to seniors)
instead of an RFP so long as we use current contractors.   Either the CMCH
or the IHI contractors from this year.    We are in the early development
stage of the Example Scope of Work and the Re-Application.   What we can
tell you is that we are going to request a Spring 04 Update of the
Community Health Profile, Community Health Improvement Plan and the
CHIP-SAT for the Re-Application.   So while waiting for the Re-Application
to be released you can start preparing some of these documents.   For those
counties that do not have IHI funding for such updates, an application was
emailed today announcing funds available to do the updates.
 
Here are some key talking points that were shared at the different health
council leadership meetings regarding the Profile Updates.
 
*The Community Health Profile and Plan is a Living Document or a Work in
Progress.  It is not a pass/fail document.
 
*The “Blended Planning Document Guidelines for Community Health Improvement
Councils” is the format all IHI funded councils shall follow for their
minimum data sets.  CMCH is encouraging this format to be used this year if
the council is updating their planning products.  (New Information:  IHI
funds will be available to the ten counties, not currently funded by IHI,
to financially assist them in updating  their profile and plan to use this
format and to include adult and senior populations).
 
*Use the “Blended Planning Document Guidelines for Community Health
Improvement Councils” as the template/outline.  If some recommended
information is not available, the council just documents “information
unavailable at this time” in the space as a placeholder.   This assists DOH
and the community in understanding what information is currently not
available.
 
Attached is the blended document that we are requesting the Updates be
formatted into.
 
(See attached file: Blended Planning Documents for CCHC & CMCH.doc)
 
If you have any questions, please call BJ Butler or any of the IHI staff.
 
 
Wanda Gielow de Figueroa, MSN, RN, C.
DOH Improving Health Initiative Program Manager
Liaison to Public Health Division
1190 St. Francis Drive, Suite S-1067
PO Box 26110  Santa Fe, NM  87502-6110
Phone:  505-827-2331  Fax: 505--827-2329  Cell: 412-0195
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