CHIP County Health Rankings Release 2022

At this event CHIP members and our local legislators gathered to discuss what this year’s County Health Rankings tell us about Franklin County* and how to improve our health!

Meeting Recording (The passcode is CHIP:CoHR22)

Slides with speaker notes (PDF)
Summary of legislators’ comments (PDF)

*Sadly, while our Community Health Improvement Plan covers the North Quabbin region, the Rankings for Franklin County do not.

Health Rankings Background and Materials:

• County Health Rankings website: https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/explore-health-rankings
• 2022 Franklin County, MA Health Rankings
• Franklin County Rankings compared over time 2016-2022
• Compare Counties in Massachusetts – Franklin, Berkshire, Hampshire  and Worcester
• Compare Counties in rural regions: Franklin (MA) vs. Litchfield (CT) vs. Cheshire (NH)

Other data sources and sites mentioned during the presentation:

• CISA’s HIP MAP: https://www.buylocalfood.org/hip-map/ 
• Equal Pay MA site: www.equalpayma.com
• Housing and Transportation Index: https://htaindex.cnt.org/map/
• Fair Share Amendment Campaign: https://www.raiseupma.org/fair-share-amendment-2022/
• CHIP Legislative Agenda 2021-2022 (updated Dec 2021)
• MA Legislature website