1. BCHC Winter Meeting February 22, 2016
2015 Year in Review
BCHC Winter Meeting
February 22, 2016

2. Purpose Statement/Overview
BCHC is a forum for the leaders of 28 of America’s largest metro health departments in the country’s most urban areas.
Members exchange strategies and jointly promote and protect the nation’s health and safety for a healthier America.
BCHC leaders establish annual policy and advocacy priorities and exchange strategies to address issues to promote and protect the health and safety of the approximately 54 million people they serve – or one in six Americans.

3. Organizational Progress: Governance
Adopted formal membership criteria: urban (top 30 Census) and Large (350K+) – now 28 cities
Unanimously agreed to dues structure significantly higher than NACCHO – About ¾ of cities have paid to date
Agreed on a governance structure, including Coalition leadership and processes

4. Organizational Progress: Participation
Monthly Calls
2014 – average attendance was 65% of jurisdictions
2015 – increased to 73% of jurisdictions
January 2015 Retreat
18 of 20 cities present (90%)
NACCHO Annual
20 of 27 cities attended Member meeting (74%)
More than 30 BCHC-related sessions

5. Organizational Progress: Building Capacity
Transitioned staff leadership and secured additional staff
Fully integrated BCHC into NACCHO, leveraging strengths – quarterly meetings, policy work w/SMEs, Ebola brown bag
Secured additional funds from existing funders

6. Reach and Communications: Website and Social Media
21,500+ views
7,000+ visits
5,900+ unique
Twitter
Tripled followers
Tweets from Dr. Frieden re: BCHI
Website Stats
Page views
# of visits
Unique visits

7. Reach and Communications: Measles (1)

8. Reach and Communications: Measles (2)
260+ Airings on 18 stations, about ~1/3 between 6 and 12 am
1200+ YouTube Views

9. Big Cities Health Inventory
Released report with robust, unique case studies and top line data analysis
Created open access platform with 12,000+ data points
Resulted in about 25 media hits

10. Policy and Advocacy: Emergency Preparedness Hill Briefing
“Short Term Fixes, Long Term Consequences: How Vaccines, Viruses, and Dollars Impact Emergency Preparedness in America’s Big Cities” April 18, 2015 (~75 attendees)

11. Policy and Advocacy: Congress and the Administration
Letters to Appropriators
Report language re: transparency in reporting $$$
Administration
Letter to President Obama on deeming rule
Comments on CDC Opioid Guideline
Ongoing discussions with OSTLTS/ CDC