MAYVILLE, NY – Community leaders from across Chautauqua County met recently to start transforming local communities for the healthier. The group met as part of the start-up of the Chautauqua County Health Department’s Community Transformation Grant: Small Communities (CTG) initiative.
Chautauqua County is one of just three counties in New York State selected to receive the Community Transformation Grant: Small Communities funding. The the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded funding for the two-year grant to the New York State Department of Health to help address risk factors including tobacco use, physical inactivity, and poor nutrition in Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Broome counties.
Those who attended the kick-off meeting are members of a new multi-sector leadership team that will be working in partnership with the Chautauqua Health Action Team to assist and provide guidance to the Health Department and CTG program staff. The groups will be helping to implement a comprehensive plan to prevent chronic disease in early child care, school, and community settings within the geographic areas of the Jamestown, Dunkirk and Silver Creek central school districts.
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This is an example of pro-activity that is aimed to help the local communities.