Healthy Community Coalition

Programs: Physical activity/nutrition/tobacco: physical activity/nutrition/tobacco tobacco/nicotine recovery support was provided throughout the community via 85 outreach and mobile health unit events, group sessions and worksites. One-on-one support was provided in person and via telephone. Hcc staff worked with area school districts to review and strengthen their existing tobacco policies. Staff also worked with two local property owners to implement a new smokeless housing policy that included marijuana smoke (continued on schedule o) as well as tobacco smoke. 22 buildings were covered under this new policy. The tobacco cessation referral program was introduced to one local social service agency, focusing on increasing referrals to the maine tobacco helpline for low income families in greater franklin county. Supplemental nutrition assistance program education snap-ed nutrition educators taught a total 55 series comprised of 319 sessions. Educators reached 947 individuals making a total of 3,231 contacts. Classes were held at head start centers, adult education, local schools, senior housing sites, health centers, recreation centers, homeless shelters, health centers, churches and at community festivals. Classes were focused on nutrition and physical activity to include the additional topics: myplate guidelines, label reading, meal planning, healthy snack preparation, choosing whole grains, cooking skills, grocery shopping on a budget, and growing vegetables in a container garden. Snap-ed nutrition educators implemented two policy and environmental change strategies, one at kingfield elementary school to provide ta and streamline the expansion and use of their school garden and the second to work with farmington farmer's market to help facilitate the maine harvest bucks program. Let's go the coordinators worked with 50 child centric let's go sites to promote healthy eating and physical activity including 18 child care facilities, 17 schools, 8 out-of-school programs and 7 health care sites. For the 2016- 2017 program year let's go child care sites had a reach of 277 children, schools had a reach of 4,871 students, out of school programs had a reach of 628 children and healthcare sites had a reach of 5,465 patients. The let's go school nutrition workgroup met regularly to address healthy school meals and involves school nutrition directors from 4 school districts. In the fall of 2017 ten child care sites, five healthcare practices, seven out-of-school sites, 9 school cafeterias and two schools received recognition from let's go for building environments in which unhealthy food choices are limited and opportunities for physical activity are plentiful. Trainings were held for child care providers around creating healthy spaces for children and for out of school programs to train staff about let's go strategies.

community wellness: community wellness and prevention: hcc outreach provided through approximately 150 mobile health unit and other outreach events included approximately 3,460 encounters. Staff provided education health screenings including cholesterol, glucose and blood pressure checks, breast health and breast cancer prevention screening education, clinical breast exams, colorectal cancer prevention and fit screening test kits, and educated and counseled individuals on a variety of wellness topics including healthy eating, exercise, disease prevention, chronic disease management, lead prevention, well-water safety and the (continued on schedule o) affordable healthcare act. Wellness events occurred throughout the community with and without the mobile health unit reaching community members throughout the county. The mobile health unit staffed with rns, nurse practitioner, health educators/coaches, and medical providers traveled to the towns of farmington, rangeley, stratton/eustis, kingfield, phillips, new sharon, strong, livermore falls, east dixfield, and wilton providing education, free medical screenings and 1:1 and small group instruction. Cancer prevention: over 1,100 individuals received cancer prevention education and assistance scheduling preventative care appointments. The main focus of this prevention education was on breast, lung and colorectal cancer. Information about skin and prostate cancer was also provided. Worksite wellness: hcc worked with carrabassett valley academy, franklin chrysler, irving forest products, kingfield wood products, knapp family practice, stratton lumber, re-energy - stratton, re-energy - livermore, pierce house, leap, community concepts farmington childcare center, rangeley health and wellness, and northern lights to provide health screenings, flu shot vaccinations, cpr/first aid training, and health counseling regarding chronic disease and cancer prevention education, and tobacco/nicotine recovery support reaching approximately 450 employees.

community building: hcc hosts bi-monthly meetings of the franklin resource collaborative, a group of over 50 community nonprofit organizations serving greater franklin community that meet regularly to discuss and identify community needs and solutions. Hcc staff has provided education and free screenings at the following community events: (continued on schedule o) -franklin county children's task force -franklin county children's festival -jay, livermore/livermore falls home and leisure show -local food pantries and good shepherd food distribution site -four free ski nights - titcomb mountain and spruce mountain -hope harvest community garden events -fiddlehead festival -kingfield health center event -phillips library -rangeley health & wellness -kineowatha park -seniors plus resource fairs - kingfield, rangeley, wilton -senior expo. -food city, livermore falls - cancer awareness event -skowhegan savings bank, phillips -farmington library -home visits -farmington ladies meeting -farmington summerfest -wilton blueberry festival -franklin county agricultural fair -apple/pumpkin festival -foothills festival -phillips old home days -franklin county agricultural fair -farmington post office, breast cancer awareness events -local churches and church groups -dixfield outdoor market -meadow lanes bowling alley -hippach field -academy hill school -farmington hannaford substance abuse prevention: healthy community coalition (hcc) collaborated with the local high school technology center to include students in the planning and implementation of a substance misuse prevention campaign that took place during local high school graduations. Additionally, staff worked with a youth at mt. Blue middle school to run two different substance use campaigns - parent's who host and red ribbon week. Nationally known speaker united states army staff sergeant travis mills of the 82nd airborne spoke to students at mt. Blue middle school as part of the red ribbon week activities. Ssg mills spoke to the sixth, seventh and eighth graders at mt. Blue middle school about resiliency, good choices and overcoming life's difficulties. The presentation, which served as a culmination to red ribbon week received high praise from both students and educators. A new medication return unit (drop box) was placed at the carrabassett valley police department, which is one of our most northern communities. This brings the total of medication return units to six in greater franklin county. Youth focus groups were held at spruce mountain high school and mt. Abram high school during the past year. Approximately 20 students participated in the focus groups. While the focus groups confirmed many of the ongoing substance abuse trends in greater franklin county (parents let kids drink at home, it's easy to obtain alcohol or marijuana, and there is poor enforcement of consequence) they also offered new information about how students are accessing alcohol, marijuana and prescription drugs.

staff members, including one certified navigator, provided education about the affordable care act throughout franklin county. The navigator assisted 251 community members with health insurance marketplace questions and enrollment. Approximately 62 individuals throughout franklin county received enrollment assistance. Education about the health insurance marketplace was provided through outreach and 1:1 education, healthbeat radio show, social media, and the fchn and hcc websites.