Access to Health Care & Education

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The Committee shall study and recommend actions that will ensure that future residents of the three-county area will have access to educational and health care facilities.

Key Issue Areas

A. Current and Future Outlook for Health Care and Education in the Region
B. Education- Primary and Secondary
C. Healthcare in the Region
D. Educational and Health Care Facilities Location
E. Access to Educational and Health Care Facilities
F. Growth Management and Education
G. Regional Cooperation on Health and Education
H. The Public

Key Information

• Success Stories
• Information Needs , including accepted indicators of quality for both education and health care and data on Who do we have? What do they need? Are they getting it? If not, why not, and are they getting something else instead?
• Existing conditions and trends, related plans, studies and projections
• Comparative costs of transportation options,
• Information on costs of deferred access to health care, best practices
• Student information, Achievement figures; enrollment data from educational institutions; DOE data
• Current inventory of resources available?
• Health care data including: District 9 Health Plan by Treasure Coast Health Council; data from the local Health Departments and Hospitals; data from emergency care facilities; data from elder care facilities; data from special care facilities (blind, developmentally disabled, etc.) – Potential Information Sources: Advocates for the Rights of the Challenged; Easter Seals; Blind Services; Area Agencies on Aging
• Information on Siting of Facilities
• Health Care Inventory of staffing and healthcare providers and indication of health gaps in counties; Forecasts for costs of senior care, uninsured and underinsured care .
• State Education Plans . Updates on latest state plans, short and long term views for education, to include Universal Pre-K.
• Funding for Education and Health Care . How funding is currently created to pay for these services. The state formulas that control funding. Options available for raising funds.