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The Community Health Improvement Council (CHIC) serves as the comprehensive community health improvement council for San Juan County.  CHICs were created statewide in conjunction with the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) with the goal of getting local citizens, groups, service providers and county governments more involved in the manner in which health might be improved in each of their communities.  The mission is to promote the health and well-being of all people in San Juan County and neighboring regions through broad-based dialogue, partnership, advocacy and unified action.

 

The local CHIC is conducting an on-going awareness campaign addressing all the areas that can potentially affect a person’s health.

 

Each topic is also highlighted on the "Scott Michlin Morning Program" (8am - 9am) found on the San Juan College radio station, KSJE 90.9 FM.  Please tune in and show support for Scott and our CHIC wellness campaign.

 

The Community Health Improvement Council would like to thank Scott Michlin, KSJE, San Juan College, the Farmington Daily Times, the Aztec Talon and everyone who has shown support for the wellness campaign.

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Each spoke represents those areas that can affect an individuals health.  These are the areas that drive the CHIC Wellness Campaign.  Contact us if you or your agency would like to sponsor a monthly topic.

Pamela Drake

Executive Director, San Juan County Partnership

 

Amanda Evans

Program Manager, San Juan County Partnership 

 

Jessica Polatty

Director, Bloomfield Senior Citizens’ Center

 

Greg Allen

Executive Director, San Juan Safe Communities Initiative

 

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Council Members

October 2018

Wellness Campaign
Domestic Violence Awareness

Written by Alexa Carmona

Outreach Coordinator Family Crisis Center

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September 2018

Wellness Campaign
NWNM First Born

Written by Diana Kinney

Program Director NWNM First Born

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April 2018

Wellness Campaign
Road Safety Week

Written by Bonnie Hopkins

Leadership San Juan Class of 2018

March 2018

Wellness Campaign
Farm Farmington!

Written by Molly Jackson-Nielsen

Project Coordinator

Farm Farmington!

NMSU - San Juan County Cooperative Extension Office

San Juan Soil & Water Conservation

February 2018

Wellness Campaign
Teen Dating Violence

Written by Swazy Baker

Community Outreach and Education Coordinator 

Family Crisis Center, Inc

December 2017

Wellness Campaign
Slow Down Farmington

Written by Nate Duckett

Farmington City Council Dist. 4

November 2017

Wellness Campaign
SJC Youth Coaltion

Written by Pamela Drake

Executive Director, San Juan County Partnership

October 2017

Wellness Campaign
Domestic Violence Awareness

Written by Swazy Baker

Community Outreach and Education Coordinator 

Family Crisis Center, Inc

September2017

Wellness Campaign
AmeriCorps

Written by Pamela Drake

Executive Director, San Juan County Partnership

August 2017

Wellness Campaign
Food Vouchers for

Farmers Market

Written by Bonnie Hopkins

Agent, San Juan County Ag Extension Office

May 2017

Wellness Campaign
Masada House

Written by Jessica Stopani

Director, Masada House

February 2017

Wellness Campaign
Bloomfield High School

Job Fair

Written by Jessica Polatty

Director, Bloomfield Senior Citizens' Center

June 2016

Wellness Campaign
Solutions to Domestic Violence

Written by Mariah Powell

Community Outreach and Education Coordinator 

FamilyCrisis Center, Inc!

May 2016

Wellness Campaign
A Healthy, Inclusive Community with IDENTITYinc!

Written by Judy Palier

President, Identity Inc!

April 2016

Wellness Campaign
"Education as a Human Right" Conference

Written by Betty Ojaye

Executive Director

Navajo Preparatory School

March 2016

Wellness Campaign
Every 15 Minutes

Written by Michele Truby-Tillen

Flood Plain Manager

San Juan County Office of Emergency Management

January 2016

Wellness Campaign
My CD Program

Written by Cheryl Choman

Director, Partners Assisted Living Services

November 2015

Wellness Campaign

DWI Awareness Week

Written by Jennifer Miller

Administrator, San Juan County Alternative Sentencing

September 2015

Wellness Campaign

Social Host Ordinance

Written by Pamela Drake

Executive Director, San Juan County Partnership

August 2015

Wellness Campaign

SRTS -

Safe Routes To School

Written by Anngela Wakan

Coordinator, SRTS & UmattR Programs

July 2015

Wellness Campaign

UNM Combined BA/MD Program

Written by Deanna Gonzales, Kylee Greider, Ashtyn Megariz, & Nichole McGuire

Medical Students, University of New Mexico

May 2015

Wellness Campaign

San Juan Community

Place Matters

Written by Amanda Evans

Community Engagement Specialist

San Juan Community Place Matters

April 2015

Wellness Campaign

San Juan County

Health Care Assistance

Program

Written by Liza Gomez

Coordinator

San Juan County Health Care Assistance Program

March 2015

Wellness Campaign

Child Passenger Safety

 

Written by Rita Donaldson, MPH, BSN, RN

Occupant Protection Liaison

Certified CPS Technician & Instructor

Safer New Mexico Now

February 2015

Wellness Campaign

Civility First

Four Corners

Written by Melissa Meechan

Civility First Four Corners

January 2015

Wellness Campaign

Teen Pregnancy

Prevention

Navajo Youth Builders

Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program

Written by Rachel Nawrocki

Executive Director

Capacity Builders, Inc.

December 2014

Wellness Campaign

RADD Campaign

Farmington Police Department

Written by Georgette Allen

Community Relations Liaison &

Public Information Officer

Farmington Police Department

November 2014

Wellness Campaign

Discovery Festival

S.T.E.M. -

Science Technology Engineering Mathmatics

Written by Christine Garcia

CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Juan County

October 2014

Wellness Campaign

Alzheimer's Disease

Written by Katie Roper

Director of Marketing & Resource Development

Good Samaritan - Four Corners Villiage

September 2014

Wellness Campaign

2040 Metropolitan

Transportation Plan (MTP)

Written by W. Duane Wakan,

Transportation Planner

Farmington MPO -

       Metropolitan Planning Organization

August 2014

Wellness Campaign

Alternatives to Transportation

Safe Routes to School

Farmington Walk and Roll

Written by Anngela Wakan, Coordinator

City of Farmington Safe Rotes to School

July 2014

Wellness Campaign

Healthy Pregnancy and

Early Childhood Growth

Families First

Written by Jeanine Emery, RN

Families First Care Coordinator

NMDOH - New Mexico Department Of Health

May 2014

Wellness Campaign

Prevention Education for Children

UmattR - "You Matter"

Written by Greg Allen

Executive Director

San Juan Safe Communities Initiative

April 2014

Wellness Campaign

Public Transportation

Written by Bob Campbell

Assistant City Manager

City of Farmington

February 2014

Wellness Campaign

Continuum of Care

Written by Katie Roper

Director of Marketing & Resource Development

Good Samaritan - Four Corners Villiage

January 2014

Wellness Campaign

Health Care In New Mexico

Written by Branda Parker, BSW

Director, San Juan Center for Independence 

 

December 2013

Wellness Campaign

Senior Adults

Written by Jessica Polatty

Director, Bloomfield Senior Citizens’ Center

CHIC Representative

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