Health Domain
...Health, Safety and Prenatal

Vision: To ensure that Mesa County children are healthy and safe.

Mission: To create affordable, accessible, available quality support services within our community to promote health and safety among children and families.

Goal: Mesa County Partnership for Children and Families (PCF) works with local integrated health partners to create sustainable and positive support for the health care system in Mesa County. Through thoughtful and deliberate planning, PCF builds upon existing system strengths to address health concerns among families with young children in Mesa County.



Did you know?
According to the Colorado Children's Campaign Mesa County 2009 KidsCount data for children ages 0-18 years:

• 13% of children are in enrolled in CHP+ (compared to 9.0% Colorado average)
• 34% of children are enrolled in Medicaid (compared to 29.0% Colorado average)
• 16.3% of children are living in poverty (compared to 14.6% Colorado average)

. Learn more about Mesa County's statistics



We want Colorado to be a state where:

• Every child has a real opportunity to grow up healthy.
• A healthy population contributes to the prosperity of the state.
• Affordable health care coverage is available for all families and individuals.
• Accessible, quality health care is the norm.
• The health system delivers care that is responsive to the needs of all Coloradans.

View the Health Domain's strategic plan!



Recent News:
In November 2009, PCF received a 184,500 three-year grant award from The Colorado Trust. This grant will play an integral role in supporting the PCF and local early childhood systems building efforts to improve access to healthcare for children. . We are focusing on the following objectives in Mesa County:

• Increasing access to preventive oral and medical health care
• Increasing and/or maintaining the number of primary care physicians, dentists and mental health providers who accept Medicaid and CHP+
• Increasing the number of children who receive a Medical Home approach

The PCF Health and Safety Committee is working with 10 local integrated health partners to serve the health needs of Mesa County children and families. It is a truly collaborative effort.

Would you like to join the collaborative effort to ensure all Mesa County children are healthy and safe? Join us today by calling 970-683-4303.

The Health and Safety committee is chaired by Colleen Roahrig. The committee meets the fourth Thursday of every month.
For more information email Colleen:  cropper1gj@bresnan.net