2026-2028 Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) Events
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Community Health Summit (Sep. 10, 2025)
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CHIP Development Meeting #1 (Oct. 14, 2025)
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CHIP Development Meeting #2 (Dec. 09, 2025) |
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CHIP DEVELOPMENT MEETING #2
Everyone is welcome! No cost to attend. Breakfast and lunch are included.
Please join us on December 9, 2025, to hear from community experts about their work on the selected health issues and to help develop goals for the 2026 Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP).
December 9, 2025
9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Sedgwick County Extension Office
7001 W. 21st St.
Wichita, KS 67205
Participants will:
- Hear from community experts about their work on health issues.
- Create goals for the 2026-2028 CHIP that begins in January.
Click to view or download the flyer: English | Spanish
CHIP DEVELOPMENT MEETING #1
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Health Issues: Click here or scroll down.
The first CHIP Development Meeting was held on October 14, 2025, at the Sedgwick County Extension Center, bringing together 50 participants from 25 community organizations.
During the meeting, attendees reviewed data on 15 key health issues and selected the Health Priorities for the 2026 Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP), which begins in January. The second CHIP Development Meeting will be held on December 9 from 9 AM to 2 PM at the Sedgwick County Extension Center, and all community members and organizations are welcome.
Sedgwick County 2026 CHIP Health Priorities
- Behavioral Health
- Economic/Upward Mobility
- Education
- Healthcare Access
A Health Education lens will extend over all four Health Priorities.
The Sedgwick County Health Department CHIP Health Priority Survey was distributed in September 2025 to partners and community members. A total of 193 people responded.
Click on the links below to view the health data on the 15 selected health issues presented in the 2025 Health Priority Survey (used to help determine the selection of the 2026-2028 CHIP Health Issues) or view a summary of the Health Priority Survey results here.
| 2025 Health Priority Issues (Presented in alphabetical order) |
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| Alcohol |
| Birth Outcomes |
| Drug Misuse |
| Education |
| Family Planning |
| Food Environment |
| Healthcare Access |
| Heart and Kidney Disease |
| Housing |
| Mental Health |
| Obesity & Diabetes |
| Poverty |
| Pulmonary Disease |
| Tobacco and Vaping |
| Violence & Crime |