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About Healthy Here

A collaborative for prevention in Butte County.

Mission

The purpose of healthy here is to improve the health and well-being of Butte County residence by preventing future mental and physical health disorders.

Motivation

Butte County faces a series of public health challenges that notably affect the communities overall health and well-being as evidenced by various health metrics compared to state and national averages.

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By the Numbers

Butte Co.CA
Adult Smoking15%9%
Adult Obesity31%28%
Cancer Rate164.9131.4
Coronary Heart Disease Rate82.880.6
Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease Rate44.629.7
Liver Disease Rate18.412.1
Food Environment Index7.48.9
Physical Inactivity20%20%
Access to Exercise Opportunities82%94%
Food Insecurity12.6%10.5%
Limited Access to Healthy Food6%3%
Suicide Rate15.69.8
Drug Overdose Death Rate40.621.4

Our Collaborative

  • 3 Core
  • 530 Food Rescue
  • Achieve Charter School
  • African American Family Cultural Center
  • American Red Cross
  • BCCER- Ecotherapy Program
  • Bethel AME Church
  • Bidwell Pres. Church
  • Black Resiliency Project
  • Boys and Girls Club of the North State
  • Burns Blossum Farm
  • Butte College
  • Butte County
  • Butte County Accountable Communities for Health
  • Butte County Behavioral Health
  • Butte County Local Food Network
  • Butte County Office of Education
  • Butte County Public Health Department
  • Butte County Sheriff’s Office
  • Butte Environmental Council
  • Butte Resilience Collaborative
  • Butte United Soccer League
  • California State University, Chico
  • Camp Fire Collaborative
  • Catalyst Domestic Violence Services
  • Chico Area Recreation District
  • Chico Hillel
  • Chico Housing Action Team
  • Chico Unified School District
  • Chico Velo
  • City of Chico
  • City of Oroville
  • Community Action Agency of Butte County
  • Digital Wolf Designs
  • Disability Action Center
  • Enloe Health
  • Episcopal Diocese
  • Every Body Healthy Body
  • Explore Butte County
  • Faith Temple Church of God In Christ
  • Farmelot farm
  • Feather River Health Foundation
  • Feeding the Ridge
  • First 5 Commission
  • Girls on the Run
  • GRUB
  • Habitat for Humanity of Butte County
  • Healthy Rural California
  • Lopes Family Farms
  • Magalia Community Center
  • North State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
  • North Valley Community Foundation
  • Northern Valley Indian Health
  • Northern Valley Catholic Social Services
  • Oro Vista Baptist Church
  • Oroville Southside Community Improvement Association
  • Paradise Arts Culture and Theatre Hub
  • Paradise Recreation & Park District
  • Paradise Stronger
  • Partnership HealthPlan
  • Passages
  • Peg Taylor Center
  • Pyramid Farms
  • Reading Pals
  • Rhema Word of Faith
  • Sierra Nevada Brewery
  • The Jesus Center
  • Town of Paradise
  • University Farm (CSUC)
  • University of California Cooperative Extension
  • Valley Contractors Exchange
  • Youth for Change

Steering Committee

  • Andrew Miller

    Enloe Health, Chair

  • Linda Zorn

    Butte College, Co-Chair

  • Chuck Rough

    Feather River Health Foundation

  • Joleen Levey

    Feather River Health Foundation

  • Danelle Campbell

    Accountable Communities for Health

  • Kim DuFour

    North Valley Community Foundation

  • Gabrielle Garner

    Enloe Health

  • DeAnne Blankenship

    Butte County Public Health Department

  • Sierra Grossman

    Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

  • Nathaniel Millard

    American Red Cross

  • Anna Bauer

    First Five Butte County Children and Families Commission

  • Megan Kurtz

    California State University, Chico

  • Dr. Chester Austin

    Northern Valley Indian Health

  • Rebecca Stark

    Partnership HealthPlan

  • Jovanni Tricerri

    Ria Strategies, Coordinator

Our Sponsors

Sierra Nevada Brewery
Enloe
Adventist
CACHI
NVCF