Featured Sponsor Organization: (Click here for website)

The Bergen County CHIP featured in a story by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO). Click here to read the entire article.

Have an upcoming event that you would like to share with Task Force and CHIP members? Click here for Message Dissemination form.

The CHIP Report

English (PDF File)

Spanish (PDF File)

Korean (PDF File)

Visit 2-1-1, New Jersey’s community resource website, to locate where to go for help, how to apply and get information. Featured CHIP Organization: BCCLS "Get Help!" The Bergen County Cooperative Library System serves 62 libraries in Bergen County. The libraries and their staff provide resources. The new initiative, "Get Help!" will assist with questions concerning financial resources, parental resources, health resource, etc.

Current Events/Announcements

The CHIP Nutrition and Physical Activity Task Force

Invites you to our:
After-School Fitness Workout and Spa Cooking Demonstration
When: Monday, January 23, 2012 (Snow date: Jan. 30th)
Where: Ridgewood YMCA 112 Oak Street, Ridgewood
Time: 4:00 to 5:30 pm

Click here to register or for more information.

Coping Power Program

6 Week Parenting Program for Parents/Caregivers with children ages 8 to 11
When: Mondays 2/6, 2/13, 2/27, 3/5. 3/12 7 3/19
Time: 10:00 - 11:30 am
Place: Family Support Organization of Bergen County
0-108 29th Street
Fair Lawn, NJ
No cost to attend - Registration is required

Click here to register or for more information.

Free or Reduced Cost Health Care and Services

The CHIP and Access to Health Care Task Force have compiled a comprehensive listing of free or reduced cost health care services available through a variety of organizations and providers throughout Bergen County. Categories of care/service include:

• Medical, Dental & Pharmacy Services
• Food Banks/Food Pantries
• Mental Health & Substance Abuse Assistance
• Homeless Services
• Medical Insurance

Click here to access the listing.

**Please always check with providers concerning available services and eligibility prior to your visit. The CHIP does not endorse the organizations and providers listed and is not responsible for inaccurate information.

Annual CHIP Meeting Recap

October 20, 2011

For a recap of the recent annual CHIP meeting please click here..

To access Colette Lamoth-Galette's Healthy New Jersey 2020 Overview presentation, click here.

To access Nancy Kasen's Hospitals & Public Health Collaborative Community Health Needs Assessment & Strategic Planning presentation, click here.

Whole Foods in Paramus is hosting a number of events throughout the month to promote the health and wellness of people that live, work or go to school in Bergen County.Click here for additional information.

Health Insurance for Bergen County Residents

The Access to Health Care Task Force offers health insurance enrollment assistance and NJ FamilyCare enrollment events throughout the year in Bergen County. There are several enrollment options for county resident families who are either uninsured or underinsured.

Income and eligibility guidelines can be accessed at www.njfamilycare.org or by calling (800) 701-0710.

NJ FAMILYCARE
Enrollment/Renewal Events

Sponsored by: Access to Health Care Task Force, a committee of the Community Health Improvement Partnership of Bergen County.

Click here for enrollment dates, times and locations.

Enrollment Options

The Bergen County Cooperative Library Systems (BCCLS) provides information for the NJ FamilyCare insurance program. For additional information, go to www.BCCLS.org

The North Hudson Community Action Corporation runs two centers in Bergen County where you can get further information and/or or enroll for health care. These clinics are in Hackensack and Garfield. For additional information, visit www.nhcac.org/nhcacsites.html

Online enrollment in also available through www.njfamilycare.org

Overview of Community Health Improvement Partnership:

The Community Health Improvement Partnership (CHIP) of Bergen County currently consists of four task forces with volunteers from over 50 community organizations, businesses, schools, hospitals and private citizens, all interested in creating a healthier Bergen County. CHIP members develop, implement and promote initiatives to improve the health and lives of people who live, work, or attend school in Bergen County.

In 2006 following a county-wide health needs assessment, five health priorities were identified for Bergen County. Task forces are addressing these issues: Access to Health Care; Mental Health; Nutrition and Physical Activity; and Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Abuse

The CHIP of Bergen County also created a summary report of the health needs assessment, called the Community Health Improvement Plan (The CHIP Report), which you can access by clicking on the link to the left. It is available in English, Spanish and Korean.

If you would like to participate in any of these task forces, click here or call (201) 634-2693.