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Healthy Archuleta envisions a community where everyone contributes to and benefits from an equitable, resilient, and sustainable food and healthcare system. To achieve this, its mission is to drive strategic systems change through active community engagement, advancing nutrition security, health equity, and greater social belonging. Healthy Archuleta's work focuses on three interconnected pillars: health equity (fostering a connected, community-informed, and accessible local healthcare system), nutrition security (increasing knowledge, production, distribution, and access to local food), and community cohesion (engaging diverse participants to build connections and belonging). These pillars collaboratively aim to improve the overall health and well-being of all County residents, contributing to a thriving community.
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Health Equity
Healthy Archuleta has been working alongside health and community partners to better understand access to primary and preventive health care with the aim of improving access for all residents of Archuleta County. Click HERE to learn more about our work in advancing health equity.
Healthy Archuleta has been working alongside health and community partners to better understand access to primary and preventive health care with the aim of improving access for all residents of Archuleta County. Click HERE to learn more about our work in advancing health equity.
Nutrition Security
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines nutrition security as ensuring that all Americans have consistent and equitable access to healthy, safe, affordable foods essential to optimal health and well-being. According to the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps data for Archuleta County, 11% of the population (nearly 1,500 individuals) in 2020 lacked adequate access to food in Archuleta County, as compared to 8% in Colorado overall. Toward addressing food and nutrition insecurity, Healthy Archuleta continues to center equity in its healthy eating efforts by supporting individuals and families to access health promoting foods, nutrition education, food purchasing/preparation skills, and nutrition counseling. Eating nutritious foods takes more than the individual, it takes a community. Healthy Archuleta uses a community-based food system approach to addressing nutrition security. Click HERE to learn more about our work in advancing nutrition security.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines nutrition security as ensuring that all Americans have consistent and equitable access to healthy, safe, affordable foods essential to optimal health and well-being. According to the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps data for Archuleta County, 11% of the population (nearly 1,500 individuals) in 2020 lacked adequate access to food in Archuleta County, as compared to 8% in Colorado overall. Toward addressing food and nutrition insecurity, Healthy Archuleta continues to center equity in its healthy eating efforts by supporting individuals and families to access health promoting foods, nutrition education, food purchasing/preparation skills, and nutrition counseling. Eating nutritious foods takes more than the individual, it takes a community. Healthy Archuleta uses a community-based food system approach to addressing nutrition security. Click HERE to learn more about our work in advancing nutrition security.
Community CohesionHealthy Archuleta values the importance of building connections and relationships. Social and community context is recognized by Healthy People 2030 as an important Social Determinant of Health (SDOH), defined as "those conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks." We work to bring affinity groups together using the Community Learning and Leadership Circle (CLLC) and network-coalition building models. To date, Healthy Archuleta has supported six CLLCs: Spanish-Language Community CLLC, Youth CLLC, Food Hub CLLC, Food Systems CLLC, Vista Lake Community Garden CLLC, and Community Assessment CLLC. Additionally, Healthy Archuleta continues to learn about network-coalition building to advance community cohesion in service of nutrition security and health equity. Examples of this work include the Food Pantry Network, Rural Health Network, and Volunteer Network. Our CLLCs and network-coalition building efforts aim to foster belonging and bridging among those involved and with others in the community. Click HERE to learn more about our work in advancing community cohesion.