Northwest Florida & Big Bend Health Councils

WE ADDRESS COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS THROUGHOUT NORTHWEST FLORIDA

Big Bend Health Council, in collaboration with Health Planning Council of Southwest Florida and WellFlorida Council, is pleased to announce that the following agencies have been granted funding for the development or expansion of Diabetes Self-Management Education programs for 2022/23:

• Barnabas Center, Inc.
• Beyond Before Community Development Organization
• Big Bend Area Health Education Center
• Core Health Partners
• DeSoto Memorial Hospital
• Heart of Florida, Inc.
• Holy Cross Health
• Optimal Health Foundation
• The YMCA of Florida's First Coast
• Treasure Coast Community Health

We received a great number of applications this year, were pleased to see so much interest in the program and enjoyed reviewing all the applications. It was very difficult to select the applications to fund with so many great programs across the state. We will be issuing another application for funding in the summer of 2023, and we hope that many of the agencies who were not funded this round will reapply. In the meantime, we will be sharing educational materials related to diabetes self-management education throughout the year.



Northwest Florida Health Council and Big Bend Health Council share this site to provide you with information regarding health care strategies and demographics in the northwest (panhandle) region of Florida.  These two councils also share the same office at the address shown at the top of this page.

*2021 County Health Profiles have been updated as of 6/24/2021

Northwest Florida Health Council (Dist. 1): 

Escambia, Santa Rosa, Walton, and Okaloosa counties.

• 2022 NWFL Health Council County Health Profiles

Big Bend Health Council (Dist. 2): 

Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla, and Washington counties.

• 2022 Big Bend Health Council County Health Profiles

Community Health and Assessments and Priorities

Between 2012 and 2014, nine community health assessments were conducted in the counties of Northwest Florida and nineteen were conducted in the counties of Florida’s Big Bend area.  The purpose of these assessments was to identify the healthcare needs and priorities of the residents of each area.

From these assessments, the Northwest Florida and Big Bend Health Councils prepared two reports.  Each report summarizes the key findings in each area and presents additional data relevant to those findings.  We intend these reports to serve as Technical Support Resources for all stakeholders to promote collaborative efforts and improve the health of all residents of our area.  Please see the attached reports for additional information:

• 2020 BIG BEND COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENTS AND PRIORITIES
  

• 2020 NWFL COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENTS AND PRIORITIES
  
  

For meeting information, call Mike Hill at (850) 872-4128.