Planning Committee
The Howard Community Health Foundation (HCHF) is responsible for research and strategic planning to guide efforts to improve health outcomes for Howard County’s residents. HCHF’s Planning and Evaluation Committee assists the board in developing a draft strategic plan, including strategic goals, initiatives, projects and activities consistent with the organization’s mission. The Committee is also responsible for recommending evaluation strategies, including the use of specific metrics to determine impact. Once developed, the plan is executed by the Horizon Foundation with ongoing oversight by the Howard Community Health Foundation.
Planning & Evaluation Committee
Current Planning and Evaluation Committee members include:
Howard County Health Assessment Survey
HCHF’s work includes co-sponsoring the biennial Howard County Health Assessment Survey. This survey encompasses health-related behaviors and risk factors among the adult population of Howard County, Maryland. Results of this study enable health providers and advocates to measure progress and to know where to focus resources to help make the community healthier. View the final report of the most recent Howard County Health Assessment Survey.
View the reportStrategic Planning for the Horizon Foundation
The Howard Community Health Foundation guides the Horizon Foundation’s strategic planning process, to ensure the Foundation supports the HCHF vision. They most recently drafted the five-year 2024-2028 strategic plan. In developing the plan, the Foundation captured a breadth of input and centered community voices often unheard and systematically excluded to better understand the greatest challenges to living and thriving in Howard County. By expanding the membership of our strategic planning body to include half Trustees and half community members, we co-designed with community to create the plan.
The plan demonstrates the Foundation’s bold commitment to lead as an anti-racist, trust-centered philanthropy, and to partner with community to drive impact in areas of greatest need. Our work in these strategic priority areas aims to ensure everyone in Howard County can live abundant and healthy lives. The priorities are: Demand an Equitable Health Care System; Increase Affordability and Build Wealth; and Dismantle Structural Racism through Community Building.
View the plan