Research and Reports

2025-2030 Ulster County Community Health Assessment (CHA)

Published on December 30, 2025

The Community Health Assessment (CHA) is a snapshot in time of the health of a community — in this case, Ulster County, New York, 2024. These findings help the Ulster County Department of Health set its agenda for the next five years as we work towards improving health and reducing health disparities so that all Ulster County residents can live a healthy, vibrant life.

This year, we are publishing the CHA as an online “story map” for the very first time. Each section of the CHA is rich with data, both in narrative form and in charts, graphs, and maps. We hope presenting the CHA in this format will encourage Ulster County residents to explore this data, as we all have a role to play in public health.

The "Population" section will tell you about who Ulster County is, while the other sections will tell you about the health of our community through the social determinants of health, chronic diseases, communicable diseases, and more.

2022-24 UC Community Health Improvement Plan

Published on June 30, 2023

The CHIP is a strategic approach for how the local public health system, led by the Department of Health and hospitals, will work together over the next three years to improve the health of their residents.

2022-24 Mid-Hudson Region Community Health Assessment

Published on December 02, 2022

The CHA is the foundation of the essential services of local public health departments to assess and monitor population health status, factors that influence health, and community needs and assets. CHAs are conducted every three years and describe the health of a community.

2019‑21 Community Health Assessment and Improvement Plan

Published on January 29, 2020

Every three years, the New York State Department of Health requires Local Health Departments and hospitals to submit Community Health Assessments, Community Service Plans, and Community Health Improvement Plans. These assessments and plans are meant to meet several requirements from state public health law and the Affordable Care Act.

Ulster County Sanitary Code

Published on June 28, 2017

Declared health policy of the Ulster County Health District.

2016‐18 Community Health Assessment and Improvement Plan

Published on December 22, 2016

Ulster County’s updated 2016-2018 Prevention Agenda priorities are the same as submitted in the previous 2014-2017 Community Health Improvement Plan: Prevent Chronic Disease and Promote Mental Health/Prevent Substance Abuse. Significant and multiple disparities have been identified within both priority areas and are addressed throughout this report.

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