NHWP Communities

NHWP Community Site Selection

The following criteria were used to identify and select community sites:

• County level health outcomes and health risk factor data;
  
• Access to community-based health resources such as a community hospital, CDC and non CDC-funded state and community-based health initiatives and programs (e.g., Community Transformation Grants), and the presence of local organizations that have experience supporting workplace health programs; and
  
• A sufficient employer base and overall population to support the program.

Preference was given to communities with significant health disparities and to communities that allowed for the inclusion of urban/rural localities, industry sector diversity, and demographic diversity. Based on these criteria, the following sites have been selected with their local community director program contacts:

Buchanan County, MO – Lisa Henning
Harris County, TX – Julie Harper Van Dusen
Kern County, CA – Ashley Vorhees
Marion County, IN – Ed Pienkosz
Pierce County, WA – Sheila Pudists
Philadelphia County, PA – Kare Cossaboon
Shelby County, TN – Mary Cay Oyler
Somerset County, ME – Denise Delorie

Click on the map below to visit each NHWP Community profile.

 

 

For more information visit the site selection process [PDF - 722KB] including information on how employers can participate [PDF - 289KB] in the National Healthy Worksite Program.

View the NHWP Site Selection Presentation: