Planning for a healthy Colorado
CDPHE has tools, resources, and technical support to help you carry out community health assessments and public health improvement planning activities.
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Office of Public Health Practice, Planning, and Local Partnerships (OPHP)
OPHP's mission is to advance Colorado's health and protect the places where we live, learn, work, and play, by supporting public health systems through partnerships, planning, and capacity building.
OPHP's vision is a healthy and sustainable Colorado, with a strong and resilient public health system, where current and future generations thrive.
For information related to other CDPHE Offices, Divisions, and Programs, visit the CDPHE main website here: https://cdphe.colorado.gov/
2025-2029 State Health Improvement Plan
The Office of Public Health Practice, Planning, and Local Partnerships recently led a collaborative assessment and planning process that created CDPHE’s 2025-2029 State Health Improvement Plan. The 2025-2029 plan follows the comprehensive 2023 State Health Assessment and sets priorities for the public health system for the next five years. Over 60 subject matter experts, including both CDPHE directors and staff as well as external partners, participated in this process.
Thank you to all who contributed! For more information, visit our State Assessment & Planning page.
Resource Spotlight
Check here for new and highlighted resources from OPHP. These will be updated regularly throughout the year as we have new projects to announce.
Submit your CHIP
When your CHA or CHIP are completed and approved by your local board of health, you can submit them to our office using this CHA/CHIP Google Submission Form.
CPHS Resource Guide
The new Colorado Core Public Health Services Resource Guide is a great tool for understanding the functions of each CPHS. It also includes helpful shortcuts to related CDPHE programs and offices.
Public Health Digital Library
As a local public health agency staff, you have access to the Public Health Digital Library where you can access a variety of peer reviewed journals and databases for free.
Interactive Training Catalog
Explore over 300 vetted trainings using our interactive training catalog dashboard. You can sort by topic area, skill level, length of training and more.
Stay Connected
OPHP News and Contacts
OPHP Monthly Newsletter
- If you would like to receive our monthly OPHP newsletter please sign up here.
- Missed a month? View all archived OPHP newsletters.
LPHA contact change
- If a LPHA staff, Board of Health or Board of County Commissioner contact has changed please inform us by filling out the LPHA Contacts Google Form.
OPHP Contacts and Calendar
- View the OPHP contact list and calendar of events on our Contacts and Calendar page
LPHA Document Repository
OPHP has created a document repository for Local Public Health Agency staff to find and share locally-developed resources related to the Core Public Health Services, including Assessment and Planning. All agencies are invited to submit documents for other LPHAs to use and learn from. We hope this shared space will give LPHAs a chance to connect and collaborate across the state.
Do you have documents to share? To ensure resources are appropriately placed and shared within the repository, all documents must be submitted through the LPHA Document Repository Google Form.
Do you want to view available documents? Visit the Document Repository.
For questions, please reach out to Lauryn Gangle-Wythe at ophp@state.co.us