| The following
list parallels the guidance set out in the Healthy Carolinians
Benchmarks for certification. The
HC Partnership applying for certification or recertification
should demonstrate some strength in each of these areas to meet
the minimal standards for certification/recertification. For
counties that are eligible for the Thad B. Wester Award and
the Anlyan Award for Excellence, the HC Partnership should be
exemplary in each area, clearly demonstrating performance beyond
these minimal requirements for certification/recertification. |
Alignment
with 2010 health objectives:
Must have planned and implemented activities that work toward achieving
at least two different 2010 objectives (from two different focus
areas). See Healthy Carolinians 2010
health objectives.
Reducing
Health Disparities:
Action Plans/objectives/interventions must target populations with
health disparities.
Action
Plans:
Must have long-term objectives (10 year) and short-term objectives
(5-year) that are measurable and have a baseline. The strategies
must have multiple levels of interventions (i.e., policy, various
community settings, media campaign) and be effective in achieving
the desired outcomes stated in the objectives. Strategies/objectives
should have evaluation plans that include impact and/or outcomes.
Membership:
HC Partnership must have diversity represented in leadership committee
and full Partnership. Membership must represent race/ethnicity of
community, a wide variety of agencies (government and not-for-profit),
businesses, churches, schools, gender, sex, geographic (various
parts of the county), community members and community leaders. Community
members must participate in the decision making process.
Leadership:
a) Must demonstrate collaborative leadership (shared leadership
among various agencies/community members/etc). b) HC Partnership
should not be the work of a sole agency. c) HC Partnerships applying
for recertification must demonstrate that leadership is shared and
has evolved to include others beyond the original lead agencies.
d) HC Partnership has influential community leaders supporting its
work.
Community
Assessment:
Must demonstrate that the HC partnership has conducted or used a
recent community assessment to determine priorities and identify
priority populations. Community members should help decide priorities.
Communication:
HC Partnership must report to the community and make presentations
to various boards and commissions about its work. HC Partnership
must have a communication plan that includes media and/or a marketing
campaign (have HC Partnership logo, etc.) HC Partnership must be
working toward high visibility in community.
Support
and Commitment of HC members:
Letters of support demonstrate commitment to HC Partnership. Actions
Plans clearly demonstrate wide variety of agencies/organizations
have roles and responsibilities for the strategies.
Funding:
HC Partnership should have some ongoing financial support or a financial
plan to seek funding. Support is both in-kind from member agencies
and funds that underwrite the work of the HC partnership.
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