Champaign County IPLAN 2026-2031

The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (CUPHD) is the local public health authority for the Cities of Champaign and Urbana and Champaign County in Illinois. CUPHD, in conjunction with Carle Foundation Hospital, Champaign County Mental Health Board, Champaign County Developmental Disabilities Board, Champaign County United Way, and OSF Heart of Mary Medical Center used the second iteration of Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnership (MAPP 2.0), an equity focused and community-based model that necessitates community engagement at all levels to conduct the Champaign Community Health Assessment (CHA) and the Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP). We assessed the current health status of the community, identified needs, and created a comprehensive plan to improve our community’s health by acquiring input from community partners, community leaders, planners, elected officials, and residents.

Vision: Champaign County will be the healthiest, safest, most equitable, and environmentally sustainable community to live, learn, work, play, and visit in the state of Illinois.
The Community Health Assessment consists of four major components. The First three components come from MAPP 2.0 in addition to a Community Health Needs Assessment study to identify priority areas of health needing improvement.

1. The Champaign County Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) was created as part of a fruitful and longstanding partnership to identify the four priority areas of health. The CHNA team surveyed 550 residents of champaign county, gathered secondary data.
2. The Community Partner Assessment (CPA) evaluated the community health agency network to improve health equity. This survey was conducted to gain a better understanding of partner core activities and motivations for CHIP participation, the use of needs assessments in decision making, how agencies address health inequities, the local community health network, and strategies for policy development and advancement.
3. The Community Status Assessment (CSA) collected and compiled to match standards by IDPH IPLAN Template, 2025 Champaign County Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA), State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP), PHAB, and Healthy People 2030.
4. The Community Context Assessment (CCA) is a qualitative tool to assess and collect insights, expertise, and views of people affected by social systems to improve the function and impact of those systems. The CCA centers on People and communities with lived experiences. 

In April 2025 Community leaders convened to identify the following priorities and over the course of summer 2025, work groups on each priority were held to create goals.

• Access to Health Care: Ensure that all residents of Champaign County have equitable access to affordable, preventive, and coordinated healthcare services by reducing barriers such as cost, insurance gaps, provider shortages, and transportation, and strengthening connections across medical, dental, behavioral, and maternal health systems.
• Behavioral Health: Improve behavioral health outcomes for Champaign County youth and families by increasing access to mental health and substance use services, strengthening family engagement, promoting school and community-based support, addressing justice-involved youth needs, and improving system-level coordination to reduce service gaps.
• Healthy Behaviors: Improve intergenerational social connectedness and the adoption of healthy behaviors in Champaign County by creating accessible, engaging, and equitable programs for youth, older adults, and immigrant populations, while supporting active living, nutrition, and civic engagement initiatives.
• Violence Prevention: Prevent and reduce interpersonal, school-based, and community violence in Champaign County by enhancing youth-focused education, social-emotional wellness programs, peer and family engagement, and coordinated, real-time data sharing among community partners.

The Champaign Urbana Public Health district would like to thank all the agencies and individuals who participated in this process, as well as the agencies and organizations involved in the Champaign County Local Public Health System. We appreciate their knowledge, collaboration, dedication, and commitment to making our community a great place to live, work, play, and visit.