icon of tree with arm and outstretched fingers as trunk, with text "number five health priority: building a resilient williamson county. focus on increasing the community's ability to utilize available resources to respond to, withstand, and recover from adverse situations"
If you are interested in working to improve the Top Five Health Priorities in Williamson County, join the Healthy Williamson County Coalition!. 

Resilient WilCo

OBJECTIVE RW.1.1 BY 2022, RESILIENT WILCO WILL INCREASE NUMBER OF NEAR SCIENCE EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS BY 60 PER YEAR.

Dec
2022

  • STRATEGY RW.1.1.1 By Q1 2020, Resilient Wilco will develop a system to track the number of presentations given by zip code and community sector.

  • STRATEGY RW.1.1.2 By Q2 2020, Resilient Wilco will begin to develop cross sector partners across the county that can champion this work.

  • STRATEGY RW.1.1.3 By Q3 2020, Resilient Wilco will market presentations through local organizations, school districts and non-profits, and raise awareness through www.healthywilliamsoncounty.org website.

  • STRATEGY RW.1.1.4 By Q4 2021, Resilient Wilco lead trainers will attend new trainings and continue learning about new research.

OBJECTIVE RW.2.1 BY 2022, RESILIENT WILCO WILL INCREASE NUMBER OF CERTIFIED TRAINERS TO 60.

Dec
2022

  • STRATEGY RW.2.1.1 By Q1 2022, Resilient Wilco will train an additional 20 presenters per year across Williamson County.

  • STRATEGY RW.2.1.2 By Q1 2021, Resilient Wilco will recruit and certify trainers who represent a diverse range of communities and cross sector organizations, and who are bilingual.

  • STRATEGY RW.2.1.3 By Q4 2022, Resilient Wilco will deliver NEAR Science & Trauma Informed trainings in multiple languages, including Spanish.

OBJECTIVE RW.3.1 BY 2022, RESILIENT WILCO WILL DEVELOP A YOUTH CURRICULUM ON NEAR SCIENCE.

Dec
2022

  • STRATEGY RW.3.1.1 By Q2 2021, Resilient Wilco will develop tiered NEAR Science and trauma-informed care training menu (recommendations) for school districts.

  • STRATEGY RW.3.1.2 By Q1 2022, Resilient Wilco will develop NEAR Science training for elementary, middle and high school students.

  • STRATEGY RW.3.1.3 By Q2 2022, Resilient Wilco will train local youth services providers on youth NEAR science curriculum.

  • STRATEGY RW.3.1.4 By Q3 2022, Resilient Wilco will train local youth on youth NEAR science curriculum.

  • STRATEGY RW.3.1.5 By Q4 2022, Resilient Wilco will develop youth leadership teams.

OBJECTIVE RW.4.1 BY 2022, RESILIENT WILCO WILL INCREASE AWARENESS OF NEAR SCIENCE AND RESILIENCE STRATEGIES IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY.

Jan
2008

  • STRATEGY RW.4.1.1 By Q3 2020 Resilient Wilco will create and maintain a monthly newsletter.

  • STRATEGY RW.4.1.2 By Q2 2021 Resilient Wilco will build and distribute Resilience resources to families with young children in Williamson County.

  • STRATEGY RW.4.1.3 By Q2 2021 Resilient Wilco will create a YouTube channel and post educational videos.

  • STRATEGY RW.4.1.4 By Q4 2021 Resilient Wilco will apply for funding opportunities to expand Resilience Kit educational program.

WCCHD

OBJECTIVE RW.4.1 BY 2022, WCCHD WILL CONDUCT A COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY RESPONSE (CASPER) TO ASSESS HOUSEHOLD EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND KNOWLEDGE OF RISK FACTORS AND OUTCOMES.

Dec
2022

  • STRATEGY RW.4.1.1 By Q4 2022, WCCHD EEP will lead planning of CASPER. (Potential action steps: Train Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) and Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) volunteers to participate in CASPER. Collaborate cross-divisionally and with external agencies; identify questions regarding PH threats (climate change outcomes: infectious and foodborne diseases, heat related illness, flooding, etc.))

  • STRATEGY RW.4.1.2 By Q4 2022, WCCHD EEP will conduct CASPER .

  • STRATEGY RW.4.1.3 By Q4 2022, WCCHD EEP will develop recommendations from CASPER results.

OBJECTIVE RW.4.2 BY 2022, WCCHD WILL VISIT AND PROVIDE INFECTION CONTROL AND REPORTING INFORMATION TO ALL WILLIAMSON COUNTY LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES (LTCFS) AND HOSPITALS.

Dec
2022

  • STRATEGY RW.4.2.1By Q4 2020, WCCHD EEP will create packets of information for hospitals and LTCFs.

  • STRATEGY RW.4.2.2 By Q4 2021, WCCHD EEP will obtain up-to-date list for contacts of LTCFs and engage contacts regarding educational visits.

  • STRATEGY RW.4.3.2 By Q4 2022, WCCHD EEP will visit hospitals and LTCFs to deliver packets of information.

OBJECTIVE RW.4.3 BY 2022, ALL INCORPORATED CITIES WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE INTEGRATED VECTOR MANAGEMENT (IVM) PROGRAM.

Dec
2022

  • STRATEGY RW.4.3.1 By Q4 2022, WCCHD will advertise IVM program through IVM working group.

  • STRATEGY RW.4.3.2 By Q4 2022, WCCHD EEP will visit with all non-participating incorporated cities and discuss barriers/concerns to participation.