As Douglas County CHIP has been involved with task forces in varying topic areas to improve the health of our community, it has helped develop or identify resources for residents.  Some of these are listed and identified following:

Access to Health Care:
Resources for the medically underserved in our community with information such as agencies providing care and their address, phone number, list of services and websites where available. Click here to access the most recent list of services.

Mental Health Services: 
Resources for people who are in crisis or looking for counseling services; agencies providing care and their address, phone number, list of services and websites where available are listed. Click here to access the most recent list of mental health services.

Opportunities for Physical Activity in Douglas County:
This guide was put together to highlight places in Douglas County one can go to be physically active. If there is a fee associated with the site, it is noted. Otherwise, sites are listed alphabetically by name with address, phone numbers and websites where available.  We are currently assessing each of the sites for accessibility for those persons with mobility impairments and will be updating the guide by the beginning of 2011 with that information.  Click here for the current listing of places to go in Douglas County.  No excuses!

Wellcommons:
Creating a safe place and a trusted source for local health news. This site is a World Company endeavor available at www.wellcommons.com. The chronology, the changes, the updates, the lessons learned, the evolution of a place where community and journalism work together to create a healthier Lawrence and Douglas County.

You can join the CHIP groups at www.wellcommons.com by doing the following:

Step 1:
Go to www.wellcommons.com

Step 2:
Click the “Sign Up” button in the top left hand corner. Create your user name and password then log in.

Step 3:
On the main page of Wellcommons you’ll see five super-groups: Wellness, NoTrauma, Nosurance, Locavores and Wise.

Step 4:
Click on the “All Groups tab” in the upper right hand corner and scroll down through the list and click on CHIP.   It is under the Wellness heading.

Step 5:
Join by clicking "Join this group" in the upper right hand corner. It'll ask you to confirm, and you're in!

Step 6: 
Repeat the steps to join any other group that interests you.

LiveWell Lawrence:
The LiveWell Lawrence coalition promotes policies and practices that increase healthy eating and physically active lifestyles in our community.

We connect businesses, organizations, schools, governments and funders working to create long-term healthy change in the places we live, work, learn and play.

COMMUNITY PLAN:
To improve the health of our community, we must act together to:

• Make healthy foods more available and unhealthy foods less available in public venues such as schools, child care centers and city and county buildings.
• Encourage county residents to produce and consume more local foods, and expand the number of places where local foods are available.
• Offer all children 30 minutes of quality physical activity during school hours, and 30 additional minutes outside of school hours.

Design all streets with safe access for all users: walkers, bicyclists, wheeled-device users, transit riders and drivers.

CHIP Get Moving program for young people:
Your child can participate through his or her school in the Get Moving program!  Click here for more information on the program or contact your child’s PE teacher.

Click on the logo, or click here, to get signed up for the Get Moving program!