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Learn about the role sectors can play in helping a city or town earn the Healthy Utah Community designation. View an infographic for the following sectors below:
View a spreadsheet of statewide health programs available to be implemented in a city or town. Click through the tabs on the bottom to view list for mental wellness programs, active living programs, and healthy eating programs. Each program, if implemented, will count as a health strategy on the Healthy Utah Community application.
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Resources Available for Health Strategies
Need help implementing a health strategy in your community? Click a category below to view toolkits, best practices, and resources available for every health strategy listed on the Healthy Utah Community application.
View recorded webinars addressing different aspects of the Healthy Utah Community designation. Learn how to analyze local health data, organize an effective health coalition, fill out a redesignation application, and more!
March 1st (to be recognized in April at the ULCT Midyear Conference in St. George) August 1st (to be recognized in September at the ULCT Annual Convention in Salt Lake City)
The application should be completed in partnership with city and town leaders.
Designation Requirements
To qualify for the Healthy Utah Community designation, all cities and towns must complete the following four steps:
1. Submit a Letter of Commitment
To qualify for the designation, a community must submit a letter of commitment from the mayor and city council. The letter should be customized to best express the community's unique commitment to promoting community health, and it should be signed by the mayor and chair of the council. If a community does not have a mayor or city council, it may be signed by equivalent leadership.
Establish a coalition of diverse stakeholders (or identify a health coalition that already exists) to oversee earning and maintaining the Healthy Utah Community designation. The coalition will ensure that the community qualifies, completes the application, develops the community health plan, and will oversee the plan's implementation.
Coalitions can be diverse, but to qualify for the designation it must consist of a minimum of four individuals that meet together quarterly. For best outcomes, we encourage communities to exceed the minimum requirements and to include members from underrepresented populations. Representation from the following sectors should be considered:
Communities must have health strategies available in their community. The strategies must fully implemented to count (not just in progress) and come from three different categories: Active Living, Access to Healthy Food, and Mental Health. The total number of health strategies that a community must have in place depends on population size:
Small Community (Population: 0 - 9,999): Have one strategy from each category (3 total)
Mid-Sized Community (Population: 10,000 - 64,999): Have two strategies from each category (6 total)
Large Community (Population: 65,000+): Have three strategies from each category (9 total)
Click below to see a list of recommended health strategies:
The Healthy Utah Community designation lasts for three years. Redesignation will be awarded to communities that develop and fulfill a 3-year community health plan. The health plan will require looking at data to understand the health needs of your community and choosing additional health strategies to implement over a 3-year period.
Additional strategies can come from any of the three categories (Active Living, Access to Healthy Food, Mental Health). The number needed depends on the size of the community:
Small Communities: Implement one additional strategy every three years (one total) Mid-Sized Communities: Implement two additional strategies every three years (two total) Large Communities: Implement three additional strategies every three years (three total)
When you are ready to apply, please email Get Healthy Utah (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) to request a fillable application. Include your name, title, and the name of your community in the email.
Resubmit a letter of commitment (template provided)
Continue to hold health coalition meetings
Demonstrate progress on their 3-year health plan
Submit an updated 3-year health plan
Get Healthy Utah staff will contact communities six months prior to their redesignation deadline to offer support and provide a fillable application. If you would like a copy of the fillable application sooner, or if you have questions, please email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
To qualify for the Healthy Utah Community Designation, all cities and towns must complete the following four steps:
1. Submit a Letter of Commitment
To qualify for the designation, a community must submit a letter of commitment from the mayor and city council. The letter should be customized to best express the community's unique commitment to promoting community health, and it should be signed by the mayor and chair of the council. If a community does not have a mayor or city council, it may be signed by equivalent leadership.
Establish a coalition of diverse stakeholders (or identify a health coalition that already exists) to oversee earning and maintaining the Healthy Utah Community designation. The coalition will ensure that the community qualifies, completes the application, develops the community health plan, and will oversee the plan's implementation.
Coalitions can be diverse, but to qualify for the designation it must consist of a minimum of four individuals that meet together quarterly. For best outcomes, we encourage communities to exceed the minimum requirements and to include members from underrepresented populations. Representation from the following sectors should be considered:
Communities must implement health strategies across three different categories: Active Living, Access to Healthy Food, and Mental Health. The total number of health strategies that a community must implement depends on population size:
Small Community (Population: 0 - 9,999): Implement one strategy from each category (3 total)
Mid-Sized Community (Population: 10,000 - 64,999): Implement two strategies from each category (6 total)
Large Community (Population: 65,000+): Implement three strategies from each category (9 total)
Click below to see a list of recommended health strategies:
The Healthy Utah Community designation lasts for three years. Redesignation will be awarded to communities that develop and fulfill a 3-year community health plan. The health plan will require looking at data to understand the health needs of your community and choosing additional health strategies to implement over a 3-year period.
Additional strategies can come from any of the three categories (Active Living, Access to Healthy Food, Mental Health). The number needed depends on the size of the community:
Small Communities: Implement one additional strategy every three years (one total) Mid-Sized Communities: Implement two additional strategies every three years (two total) Large Communities: Implement three additional strategies every three years (three total)
Ready to apply? Great! Email Get Healthy Utah at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we will send you a fillable application. Please include your name, title, and the name of your community.
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