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State Assessment and Planning

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!

To view progress on this plan over time, explore the 2025-2029 SHIP Tracking Dashboard.

Screenshot of the cover page of the 2025-2029 State Health Improvement Plan

SHIP Webinar Series 

Coinciding with the release of the 2025-2029 State Health Improvement Plan, OPHP will be hosting an informational SHIP Lunch & Learn webinar series. During this webinar series, subject matter experts will join us to talk about the eight priority areas, including the goals and strategies outlined in the SHIP. We’ll also have partners from local public health agencies, CALPHO, and the Colorado School of Public Health join various sessions to talk about work that they are doing in alignment with these priorities. Sign up for the webinar series, listed by topic area, below:

  1. Climate Change Adaptation | Wednesday, August 27th, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM 

View recordings & slides from past SHIP Webinar Sessions:

  1. Air Quality & Communicable Disease Control | Tuesday, July 29th
  2. Gun Violence Prevention & Suicide Prevention | Thursday, August 7th
  3. Substance Use Prevention & Healthy Eating, Active Living | Thursday, August 14th
  4. Public Health Transformation | Wednesday, August 20th

2023 State Health Assessment

This is the cover of the State Health Assessment report. The background is a picture of a family. The text reads 2023 Colorado State Health Assessment.

 

 

SHA Dashboard: 

View the 2023 State Health Assessment dashboard 

SHA Report:

Read the 2023 State Health Assessment report

Every five years, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment collaborates with partners across the state to assess the status of Colorado's public and environmental health and identify health and environment priorities for the next five years. This work results in a state health assessment (SHA) and state health improvement plan (SHIP.) Both of these documents are required by the 2008 Public Health Act and the national Public Health Accreditation Board. CDPHE and partners have completed the 2023 State Health Assessment and are currently in the process of developing the 2025-2029 State Health Improvement Plan. In accordance with the Colorado Health Assessment and Planning (CHAPS) process, our Office also developed the following 2023 Capacity Assessment.