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What are we all about?

Buffalo County Community Partners, is a county-wide effort located in central Nebraska. Buffalo County Community Partners was one of the first projects of its kind in Nebraska. Community Partners has data assessments or surveys done each year to monitor the health status of the community. They take the results and share them with the community. Community members create coalitions to address the problems and unite resource to create change.

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What are we trying to do?

Our mission is to assess, promote, and strengthen the health of Buffalo County.

Our vision is that everyone from all corners of Buffalo County work together to improve the quality of life of those who live in and work in this community.

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How long have we been doing this?

Our project began in the fall of 1994. After 12 months in the planning and assessment stage, the original 25-member Partners Group created five task forces (vision element committees) to develop a set of health status improvement goals from issues identified from the community assessment.

Fifteen goals for enhancement of health and quality of life were developed in early 1996. Each goal had a stated outcome, supporting rationale, baseline data, and target to be attained for 2001.

Fifteen goal work groups encompassing 200 volunteers attained 50% of these 15 priority health goals by 2001. $290,713 was granted to community coalitions working toward goal attainment. It is estimated that 70,000 people have been served by these grant programs and services per year.

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Buffalo County 2010

In 2001, Community Partners asked the community to develop a second round of priority health issues to attain by 2010. Over 500 residents participated in mini-town hall focus groups. Community Partners dove into special populations of elderly, youth, and minorities. This community process produced ten new priority health goals for attainment in 2010. 56% of the goals were attained by 2010.

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Buffalo County 2020

In 2011, Community Partners focused its efforts in developing the current 5 Strategic Directions for the 2020 Vision: Active Living & Healthy Eating, Eliminate Health Disparities, High Impact Prevention Services, Healthy Homes & Sustainable Communities, and Injury-Free Living. Community Partners emphasizes the need to ELEVATE health issues in Buffalo County, ENGAGE Buffalo County residents in accountability to health, EMPOWER residents in creating positive change in their communities, and EVALUATE progress toward building a healthier Buffalo County.

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Annual reports to the community