Santa Fe County programs to improve the health of residents — including youth, seniors, homeless and formerly incarcerated people — are well positioned to continue expanding under a five-year Health Action Plan unanimously adopted by the County Commission last month.

“The hard work that you guys do day in and day out, it’s pretty impressive,” Commissioner Justin Greene said to Community Services Department Director Rachel O’Connor and her staff. “[It’s], I think, one of the real high-performing aspects of Santa Fe County that I’m proudest of.”

The Community Services Department collaborated with the Health Policy and Planning Commission, a citizen group established in 2020, to develop the 2024-29 Health Action Plan after a year of discussions and a thorough review of state and local health-related data, said commission Chairman Steven Berkshire.