Helpful Tips: How to Work with Your County’s
Community Health Services (CHS) Administrator
and/or Public Health (PH) Director
Get to Know Your Local Health Department
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Tour your local health department – just ask!
Shadow local health department staff for a day.
Request meetings with your CHS Administrator and/or PH Director.
Invite CHS Administrator and/or PH Director to your Community Health
Board meetings.
 Encourage CHS Administrator/PH Director to give updates during your
meetings.
Keep Up-to-date with Your Community Health Board
 Not a member of the Community Health Board?
 Find out who on your county board is.
 Make a point to connect with them regularly to find out what issues the
board is addressing and to offer your own issues and ideas.
Be Knowledgeable About the Health of Your Community
 Health assessment and local public health data can be helpful in developing
policy and prioritizing issues needing your attention.
 Request to see the results of your county’s community health assessment and
community health improvement plan.