Health First Indiana supports local health departments to tackle Indiana’s poor health rankings

Created in 2023, Health First Indiana (HFI) aims to tackle Indiana’s poor health rankings by ensuring access to core public health services at the local level. With the state’s investment, HFI provides local health departments with funding and resources, utilizes partnerships between hospitals and local health departments, and uses county health data to implement evidence-based programs focused on prevention. HFI has identified core public health services, which local health departments and the Indiana Hospital Association have pledged to support. This private-public partnership empowers local health departments to determine where investments are made, with many success stories to date.