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makes Indian River County a wonderful place to live. The video was developed pro bono <br />by an event sponsor, Adams Media Group. <br />Energized by the launch and community response, the Core team worked to finalize the <br />local survey and scheduled listening sessions. Within three weeks, Covid lockdowns <br />forced the group to reconsider. Zoom sessions announced the focus of Livable Indian <br />River and invited input from business, religious and nonprofit groups, requesting they <br />share the survey with members. An electronic link for the survey was disseminated to <br />Collaborative members, who shared them with internet-abled clients. Printed copies were <br />delivered to meals -on -wheels clients, left in libraries and with organizations, and members <br />shared with neighbors. The survey link was mentioned in local radio presentations. <br />After considerable outreach, SCIRC received 590 survey responses. Lockdowns <br />continued. A Collaborative Board member, the Executive Director of Treasure Coast <br />Community Health, suggested making surveys available at Covid vaccine sites during the <br />15 -minute waiting period. She, her staff, and their volunteers made this possible. The final <br />total of surveys was 1913. Some, however, came from residents of other counties, giving <br />us 1866 usable surveys. Retired Florida International University (FIU) statistician, <br />Paulette Johnson, conducted the analysis and FIU Professor Emeritus, Dr. Betty Morrow, <br />drafted the report. Both served pro bono and contributed many hours. From the survey <br />SCIRC conducted in 2021, and the CNA, four themes persisted over time: health, <br />affordable housing, economic opportunity, and information. <br />In Spring 2021, SCIRC members joined the FDOH-IR for monthly stakeholder workgroup <br />meetings with the goals to develop the 2022-2026 FDOH-IR Community Health <br />Improvement Plan (CHIP) in response to the findings of the 2019 CNA. The final CHIP <br />priority areas — health, housing, and economic opportunity & employment - and their <br />associated actions plans were then adopted directly as domains in the Livable Indian <br />River Action Plan, with a few additions and modifications. Two of the domains incorporate <br />more than <br />In addition to the domains adopted from the FDOH-IR's CHIP, Livable Indian River added <br />a communication and information domain. Two domains included also incorporate <br />activities typically included in other World Health Organization domains. <br />Livable Indian River Action Plan 6 <br />26 <br />