1. Monthly Member Call
May 12, 2017

2. Agenda Roll call (Oshane) Organizational Updates
CHOICES Project Opportunity (Angie Cradock)
Government Affairs (Laura Hanen)
Member updates and open discussion (All)

3. Roll Call

4. Organizational Updates
Monthly Member Call Time Survey
Sent only to Principals – Of 20 responses, 15 picked current time (2nd 1 pm EST), so time will remain the same
CSTE Epidemiology Capacity Assessment – invite to BCHC to participate
Need to get to 50% of cities = 13 members (bc 2 centralized states)
Have heard from 11 of you – 8 yes, 2 maybe, 1 no
Need to give CSTE the go/no go COB today

5. Organizational Updates – NACCHO Annual
NACCHO Conference: Tuesday, July 11th (1 pm) to Thursday, July 13th
BCHC Meeting: Afternoon of Thursday, July 13th (details to follow) & Friday, July 14th 8 am to 3 pm. Dinner will be Thursday evening 7 pm.
Information has been sent out for full dues paying members to register and book travel. Contact Chrissie with questions.
Particular issues/topics to cover?
Initial thoughts: Membership Criteria… PH WINS… Equity/Participatory Budgeting/Community Empowerment… CDC?

6. Organizational Updates – Environmental Justice Working Group
Environmental Justice WG wants to conduct an environmental scan intended to determine:
What EJ activities/initiatives members are currently engaged in
How equipped members are to tackle EJ issues
The challenges members face in regards to EJ
The gaps that the work group can work to fill
Timeline

7. CHOICES Learning Collaborative Partnership
Angie Cradock, ScD

8. CHOICES Learning Collaborative Partnership
Modeling project with state, city and county health agencies
Provide tools, resources, and training to:
Assess cost, effect, reach and cost effectiveness of selected initiatives
Communicate these results for use in decision making
Includes financial assistance to health agencies to complete work
Partnerships with other local agencies and organizations
Harvard Prevention Research Center on Nutrition and Physical Activity

9. Application process http://choicesproject.org/work-with-us/
4-5 pages plus budget and budget justification
Deadline: 5:00 pm EST / 2:00 pm PST Wednesday May 31, 2017
Submit application electronically to with subject line ‘CHOICES Learning Collaborative Partnership’
Selection Announcement: June 15, 2017

10. Government Affairs Updates
ACA Repeal/AHCA
NACCHO sign-on letter to Senate – info will be in Friday
Prevention and Public Health Fund
FY 17 & 18 budgets
NYC drafted nutrition facts label sign on letter to keep July 2018 compliance date – info will be in Friday .

11. Member Updates/Open Discussion