Specific progress on each strategy reported in the CHIP is addressed within the Scorecard above. Select "Progress in 2023" under each strategy to learn more or follow the links below. 

 Mental Health: 

All people in Henderson County are resilient, supported, healthy and productive

• Community Paramedic
• Youth Mental Health Education
• Pre-Crisis Intervention
• Community Trainings

Physical Activity & Nutrition:

Healthy eating and safe, active living are the norm for everyone in Henderson County

• Double SNAP at Farmers Markets
• Healthy Food Prescriptions
• Nutrition and Cooking Education
• Community Dinners

Action plans for Substance Misuse, Safe & Affordable Housing, and Interpersonal Violence were not reported in Henderson County's 2021 CHIP. Each of these priority areas are in differing stages of development, planning, or implementation. "Progress in 2023" will be noted in the Scorecard above for these topics when and where appropriate.

• Robert Wood Johnson County Health Rankings
  • Henderson County ranked 12th in the State in Health Outcomes (measuring length of life and quality of life)
  • Henderson County ranked 16th in the State in Health Factors (health behaviors, clinical care, social & economic factors, physical environment)
• NC Opioid Dashboard 
• • 120 drug overdose ED visits in Henderson County (102.2 per 100,000 residents)
  • 39 drug overdose deaths in Henderson County (33.2 per 100,000 residents)
  • 31 (79.5%) of drug overdose deaths in Henderson County involved illicit opioids
• Healthy Communities NC 
  • Life expectancy at birth of 79.0 years
• NC State Center for Health Statistics: Infant Mortality Statistics (2017-2021)
• • Infant mortality rate of 5.2 per 1,000 births (2017—2021)

• Local Wildfires
• Youth Mental/Emotional Health

The following are new initiatives in our community in 2023:

• Ecusta Trail Phase 1 Completed
• Farmer’s Market Passport
• Senior Farm Market Nutrition Program @ Mills River Farmers Market
• Henderson County Department of Strategic Behavioral Health – new department to implement the strategic plan for the Opioid Litigation Settlement Funds
• Interpersonal Violence and Abuse Action Team - depeveloped a strategic plan with strategies and program measures to implement 2024-2025
• Mental Health Awareness Signage Campaign -  – Children & Family Resource Center (CFRC) teamed up with the Partnership For Health to develop 240 colorful yard signs with positive messages like “You are seen and loved” and “You are worth so much.”
• Seed Library – NC Cooperative Extension & Henderson County Public Library distributed 977 seed packets. Program to continue in 2024
• Sesame Street in Communities— Emotional Toolkit; Eating Well Toolkit; Resilience Toolkit
  Smart Start Partnership for Children Henderson County and Henderson County Department of Public Health distributed 75 English and 55 Spanish 
• View From Here: social media campaign
• Zen Dens—a safe space to provide respite for children with special health care needs during events

The following are continuing initiatives in our community in 2023:

• Children and Family Resource Center: Early Childhood Education Taskforce
• Children and Family Resource Center: GLO Mobile
• Community Dinners
• Community Paramedic (In Progress, awaiting funding and staffing)
• Dental Education and Screenings (in school settings)
• Healthy Opportunities Pilot 
• Henderson ACEs Resilience and Trauma Collaborative
• Henderson County Cooperative Extension, EFNEP Nutrition and Cooking Education
• Hope Coalition Recovery Community Center (and recovery support groups)
• Interfaith Assistance Ministry Mobile Pantry
• Jackson Park an inclusive playground completion 
• Produce/ Healthy Foods Subscription (Caja Solidaria)
• Trauma Resilient Communities
• Substance Misuse Action Team (formally Hope Coalition)
  • Implementation of the strategic plan for the Opioid Litigation Settlement Fund

The following are paused initiatives in our community in 2023:

• Hendersonville Connections Center (continuing to seek space and funding)