.   Wishes for a Healthy and Happy New Year! 
As 2016 comes to a close, NJHC is thankful for all our partners and your commitment to working together to create healthier communities in northern NJ.

We look forward to making an even greater impact in 2017!
Chris Kirk, Peter Tabbot, Kiran Gaudioso and Arlene Stoller. 
Highlights from the First Annual All Partner Meeting & Celebration

The first Annual All Partner and 3rd Birthday Celebration offered NJHC partners an opportunity to gather and celebrate the significant milestones of the Collaborative's first three years.  Highlights from the meeting can be found here.

Leadership Service Awards were presented to three of our founding leaders for their dedication and service during the critical formative years of the NJHC. Recipients of the Leadership awards were Chris Kirk, NJHC President & Chair, Faith Scott, NJHC Treasurer, and Peter Tabbot, Morris County Chair. 

Following the awards, the Board of Trustees approved the election of three new Officers. We are thrilled to welcome the following individuals to the NJHC Leadership team for 2017:

President: Arlene Stoller, Morris County Office of Health Management
Treasurer: Peter Correale, Pequannock Township Department of Health
Secretary: Ashley Anglin, PhD, Atlantic Health System

The keynote presentation at the All Partner Event was provided by Bob Atkins, PhD, Director of New Jersey Health Initiatives. Dr. Atkins shared his wisdom and experience in creating healthier communities in NJ.  He reminded us about the importance of a bottom up, upstream approach, and building upon the assets of a community, as well as the importance of telling stories of success and failures encountered along the way as opportunities for shared learning. Slides from the presentation titled Moving Communities to Better Health and can be found on our  Professional Development  page  here .   T o supplement the slides, points of discussion were also covered in a recent post title Tackling Life Expectancy Gaps in NJ, access   here.  
NJHC receives national attention in Practical Playbook "Success Stories"

The Practical Playbook was developed in 2012 in response to the Institute of Medicine report "Primary Care and Public Health: Exploring Integration to Improve Population Health. It supports increased collaborations to achieve population health across diverse organizations and sectors by guiding users through the stages of building partnerships. Throughout each stage, the Practical Playbook provides helpful resources such as success stories from across the country, lessons-learned from existing partnerships, and further guidance from industry experts. 

NJHC is honored to be recognized as a success story on the Practical Playbook website.   This news was also captured in the most recent issue of the NJ State Department of Health newsletter. (see the Winter 2016 issue, page 8).  

NJHC Announces its expansion into Warren County and the addition of Warren County Data to the Website   

In our recent press release, Warren County Health Officer, Peter Summers shared, "Participating in the NJHC will expand Warren County's opportunity to partner with regional hospitals, public health, and community organizations to address our common community health concerns and improve health outcomes for our residents." Go here to access the full press release.

The first meeting of the Warren County Committee is scheduled for January 27th from 10:00 - 11:30 (location TBD).  If you or someone you know is interested in participating or learning more about the Warren County Committee, please contact Catherine Connelly.
New Resources in the Resource Library on our Website  

If you have not been to the Resource Library on our site lately, check out the new resources that have been added here. We are also continually adding Partners to our Partner Resource Directory.  If you have a resource you would like to share with our partners or want to include your organization in our directory send an email to  Catherine Connelly.
January County Committee Meetings

Dont miss your January County Committee Meeting! Come network, and share information and resources with your county colleagues.  Check in with our workgroup leads and discuss next steps in monitoring and tracking the evaluation metrics. You can c ontinue to follow progress in your county and throughout the Collaborative by checking the  Plans & Priorities section on our  website .   

Mark your calendar now. Click on the calendar below for location details and to RSVP.

Morris County:  January 12th (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)
Passaic County: January 25th (9:00 AM - 11:00 AM)    
Sussex County:  Jan 12th (12:00 - 2:00 PM)
Union County: Jan 11th (2:00 - 4:00 PM)
Warren County: Jan 27th (10:00 - 11:30AM) 



If you are a NJHC Partner and would like to post or share information about an upcoming event, please forward information to  Catherine Connelly .

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