2023-2027 Community Health Improvement Plan
From 2023 to 2027 HMC will focus on three key themes: Navigation & Access to Services, Building a Health Community, and Youth Well-Being. Read the full plan here.
Read the 2024 Progress Update.
Current Work updated March 2025
Navigation & Access to Services
Promoting existing resources
Exploring a navigator training course
Hosting an annual Community Baby Shower
Applying for grants to support navigator trainings
Purchasing a public health vending machine for quick access to important resources
Building a Healthy Community
Partnering with Holy Family to host a free exercise series; Fit in the Park
Increasing access to harm reduction resources such as Narcan
Encouraging use of festival toolkits to local events
Distributing lockboxes and medication deactivation bags
Partnering with Holy Family, Manitowoc Sheriffs, and the recycling center to host an annual drug take back day
Training agencies on hidden in plain sight curriculum
Promoting the online food access map
Created a nutrition curriculum for parents at The Crossing
Assisted creating a county wide food security survey through Hunger Coalition
Building capacity for safe walking environments all year long
Promoting Walk, Bike, and Roll to School Days
Youth Well-Being
Facilitating 2 different parent cafe’s- community wide and special abilities cafes.
Supporting and managing the Welcome Baby Website with resources for prenatal through the first 5 years
Created the youth resource hub in partnership with Coolest Coast
Hosting community developmental screening events for early identification and intervention
Providing books to providers for well child and community members through events