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King County Community Health Improvement Plan

The King County Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) is a community co-created 5-year plan with an overarching goal of continuously seeking and engaging partners to collectively improve the health of King County communities.

Short URL: kingcounty.gov/CHIP

Read the CHIP

Summary in:

The King County CHIP priorities identified for 2025-2030 are

Income and employment

  • Goal: Living wages with upward mobility that covers universal healthcare access and educational access.

Housing and homelessness

  • Goal: Housing for all, regardless of family size or affordability, and recognizing housing as a human right.

About the CHIP

King County's inaugural 2025-2030 CHIP addresses needs identified by a broad set of community partners and in the King County 2024/2025 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). The CHIP was co-created by representatives from organizations and community sectors with a shared vision for a healthy King County. This is a plan that outlines priorities, establishes goals, strengthens connections, and collectively defines actions that local organizations will work on to improve the health of all people and communities in King County.

King County CHIP Mission, Vision, and Values

  • Mission

    We seek to promote and improve access to health by actively engaging agencies to work together to support and sustain the physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being of all people in King County by leading with racial and social equity to address social drivers of health. We value cultivating thriving and resilient communities by centering collective action around short-, mid-, and long-term solutions while mitigating and, where possible, eradicating systemic barriers of oppression and structures that impact health.

  • Vision

    A thriving, resilient, and racially inclusive King County with agencies that actively work together to uplift the needs, assets, and resources of historically and currently marginalized communities, where everyone has equitable access to health that supports their physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being.

  • Values

    • Equity, anti-racism, and social justice
    • Leadership
    • Collaboration and trust
    • Shared commitment and accountability
    • Working upstream by addressing social drivers of health

Get involved

We invite members of our community and organizations who share our vision of a healthy King County to join us in this effort. Together, we can effect meaningful change and advance our collective health equity goals. We encourage you to share the CHNA report and this plan within your networks to further inform and mobilize our community as we collectively take steps toward a thriving, resilient and racially inclusive King County where everyone has equitable access to health that supports their physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being.

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