The Florida Department of Health in Charlotte County (DOH-Charlotte) is pleased to announce that the 2021-2023 Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) is complete and now available.

Healthy Charlotte, an initiative of the Department of Health in Charlotte County, composed of local community agencies and county residents, has come together to address Adverse Childhood Experiences through the community's health improvement plan.

Recent data on child abuse and neglect, opioid/substance abuse, and socioeconomic measures, demonstrate the need for our community's targeted efforts to implement system-level change across all sectors of community services. Healthy Charlotte partner agencies have committed themselves to structural change at both the individual and agency-level to ensure that ACEs and their long-term effects are not left unchallenged in any segment of our community. For more information on any of the programs or agencies highlighted in Appendix A and Appendix B, please contact: HealthyCharlotte@flhealth.gov.