HNC 2030 Scorecard: Watauga County (2024-2027)

The Appalachian District Health Department is excited to share the Healthy NC 2030 Scorecard for Watauga County. This Community Health Improvement Scorecard provides an overview of ongoing efforts currently underway in Watauga County to address the three health priorities identified in the 2024 Watauga County Community Health Assessment (CHA): 

• Access to Care
• Housing
• Mental and Behavioral Health

As you explore this Scorecard, it is important to note that our community was significantly impacted by Hurricane Helene in September 2024. The storm deepened existing challenges, and created new barriers in areas already identified as priorities. Housing availability, access to care, and community mental health needs have all been strained, while environmental damage continues to shape our long-term recovery. Despite these challenges, Watauga County and our community partners remain united in our efforts to support community health improvements to address these priorities. 

This Scorecard also serves as Watauga County’s Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIPs), fulfilling the NC Local Health Department Accreditation requirements that local health departments complete three CHIPs following the CHA submission and a State of the County's Health Report for Watauga County on years when not completing the CHA.  

For each priority, this Scorecard spotlights: 

• A Result Statement, a picture of where we would like to be,  
• Important local Indicators or measures of how we are doing linked to Healthy NC2030 indicators and  
• Select Programs or activities and
• Key Performance Measures that show how those programs are making an impact. 

Instructions:  Click anywhere on the scorecard to learn more about programs and partners that are working together to improve the health of Watauga County. The letters below represent key components of the Scorecard.

Use the icons to expand items and the  icons to read more. This scorecard is not intended to be a complete list of all the programs and partners who are working on these issues in Watauga County.