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La Salle County Health Department extends deadline for Community Health Needs Assessment survey · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Salle County Health Department extended deadline for Community Health Needs Assessment survey
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  Written by Matthias Werner This article is being read by an automated
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  voice, brought to you by Everlit. The LaSalle County Health Department has
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  extended the deadline to complete The
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  2026 community health needs assessment survey to Wednesday, September 30. The
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  anonymous 10-15 minute survey is available for anyone who lives within La
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  Salle County and is over the age of 18, according to a
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  news release. From the department. The Community Health Assessment Survey helps to
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  better understand the county's health status, needs, challenges, availability of resources and
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  strengths according to the release. The information shared by LaSalle County citizens
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  will assist the Health Department in selecting community health priorities to focus
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  on for the next five years according to the release, Once the
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  survey data is complied, the department will bring key Community stakeholders together
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  to share the results. Many of these stakeholders have been part of
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  the Department's Healthier Alisalle County Committee in
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  the past and are integral in prioritizing health issues in the county
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  as part of the Illinois Project for Local Assessment of Needs, according
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  to the release. Which was developed by the Illinois Department of Public
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  Health, is a community health assessment and planning process that is conducted
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  every five years by local health jurisdictions in Illinois to be certified
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  as a public health department. The paper survey is available in the
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  Health Department's lobby located at 717 Aetna RD in Ottawa, along with
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  a QR code for smartphone users. The health department is open from
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  8 a.m. To 4 30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The survey is
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  also available online or through the department's Facebook and ex social media
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  pages. For additional information, call 815-433-3366.