2015 Year in Review
BCHC Winter Meeting
February 22, 2016
Purpose Statement/Overview
 BCHC is a forum for the leaders of 28 of America’s largest metro health
departments in the country’s most urban areas.
 Members exchange strategies and jointly promote and protect the
nation’s health and safety for a healthier America.
 BCHC leaders establish annual policy and advocacy priorities and
exchange strategies to address issues to promote and protect the health
and safety of the approximately 54 million people they serve – or one in
six Americans.
Organizational Progress: Governance
 Adopted formal membership criteria: urban (top 30 Census)
and Large (350K+) – now 28 cities
 Unanimously agreed to dues structure significantly higher
than NACCHO – About ¾ of cities have paid to date
 Agreed on a governance structure, including Coalition
leadership and processes
Organizational Progress: Participation
 Monthly Calls
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2014 – average attendance was 65% of jurisdictions
2015 – increased to 73% of jurisdictions
 January 2015 Retreat
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18 of 20 cities present (90%)
 NACCHO Annual
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20 of 27 cities attended Member meeting (74%)
More than 30 BCHC-related sessions
Organizational Progress: Building Capacity
 Transitioned staff leadership and secured additional staff
 Fully integrated BCHC into NACCHO, leveraging strengths –
quarterly meetings, policy work w/SMEs, Ebola brown bag
 Secured additional funds from existing funders
Reach and Communications:
Website and Social Media
 Web
• 21,500+ views
• 7,000+ visits
• 5,900+ unique
Website Stats
Page views
# of visits
Unique visits
 Twitter
• Tripled followers
• Tweets from Dr. Frieden re: BCHI
Reach and Communications:
Measles (1)
Reach and Communications:
Measles (2)
260+ Airings on 18 stations, about ~1/3 between 6
and 12 am
1200+ YouTube Views
Big Cities Health Inventory
 Released report with robust, unique case
studies and top line data analysis
 Created open access platform with 12,000+
data points
 Resulted in about 25 media hits
Policy and Advocacy:
Emergency Preparedness Hill Briefing
 “Short Term Fixes, Long Term Consequences: How Vaccines,
Viruses, and Dollars Impact Emergency Preparedness in
America’s Big Cities” April 18, 2015 (~75 attendees)
Policy and Advocacy:
Congress and the Administration
 Congress
o Letters to Appropriators
o Report language re: transparency
in reporting $$$
 Administration
o Letter to President Obama on
deeming rule
o Comments on CDC Opioid
Guideline
o Ongoing discussions with OSTLTS/
CDC