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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CHIC Wheel Model
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
Council Members
October 2018
Wellness Campaign
Domestic Violence Awareness
Written by Alexa Carmona
Outreach Coordinator Family Crisis Center
September 2018
Wellness Campaign
NWNM First Born
Written by Diana Kinney
Program Director NWNM First Born
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
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