Organization: Health Care Goal Team

Goal Team Co-Chairs: Anna Huff

Mission Statement: Improve citizen health and longevity by promoting healthy life styles through innovative educational and healthcare service programs that address such issues as drug and alcohol abuse, diet, exercise, and lifestyle, and by promoting proactive judicial and enforcement anti-drug initiatives.

The Health Care strategy for Phillips County is to improve citizen health by promoting healthy lifestyles through innovative educational and healthcare service programs that address such issues as drug and alcohol abuse, diet, exercise and lifestyle.  

Following is the list of strategic goals related to health care identified by Phillips County residents. For a complete list of action steps associated with these goals, download the Phillips County Strategic Community Plan.

Strategic Goal Number One – Expand operations of the Delta Arkansas Health Education Center (Delta AHEC) in Phillips County to allow for greater community impact and improved health education and awareness.

Strategic Goal Number Two – Charter a health clinic and related substance abuse prevention, research and treatment facility to improve access to health care for the residents of Phillips County.

Strategic Goal Number Three – Initiate a program in conjunction with the Helena Regional Medical Center that addresses the multiple challenges faced by rural hospitals.

Strategic Goal Number Four – In cooperation with the Education Goal Team, create a medical magnet school in one or more public school districts in Phillips County, the purpose of which is to develop a pool of young talent for employment in the local health care industry.

Strategic Goal Number Five – Initiate a county-wide health promotion network of churches for the purpose of improving health awareness and behaviors of Phillips County residents.

Strategic Goal Number Six – Develop a soup kitchen in Helena-West Helena (modeled after the Soup Kitchen concept in Clarksdale, Mississippi) which addresses the needs of the homeless and elderly population in Phillips County.  The soup kitchen will provide nutritious food at affordable prices to low-to-moderate income families and will also provide life skills training, financial planning and home living training.