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The Cumberland District Public Health Council emerged from two sets of events. The first set of events consisted of the City of Portland’s Local Public Health System Performance Assessment convened by the Public Health Division in 2005 and Cumberland County’s strategic planning efforts in 2006. The second set of events emerged from the efforts of the statewide Public Health Work Group that divided the state into eight public health districts based on county and/or multi-county lines.
The Council was convened in December 2006 following the Public Health Work Group’s decision to require district-wide coordinating councils. The council was initially known as the Cumberland County Coordinating Council for Public Health (C4PH), but was renamed Cumberland District Public Health Council.
The primary focus of the Council thus far has been to ensure that public health services are provided to all towns in the Cumberland Health District. Efforts to this end include:
· Presentations to Greater Portland Council of Governments
· Individual meetings with nearly every town in the district
· Creation of town and multi-town level health status reports
· Review of local and state public health statutes
· Providing health education materials to each town
· Working with a few towns to pilot contracted public health services
The efforts of the Cumberland District Public Health Council are funded by contributions from MaineHealth, Maine Medical Center, Mercy Health System, Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (via Healthy Maine Partnership grant), Woodfords Family Services, Cumberland County, and Cumberland County CDBG program.
The Council’s mission is to promote the health of all our communities by providing information, coordination, collaboration, and advocacy.
The Council’s vision is that communities in the Cumberland District are among the healthiest in the state.