Community Health & Wellbeing Planning

Health Transformation starts where health and healing happen: in the community. Each First Nation understands the needs, strengths, and priorities of its people. That is why Community Health and Wellbeing Planning is a central part of the new health system.

This process gives each Nation the tools, resources, and authority to identify its priorities, plan for its needs, and shape its own path toward better health and well-being.

It is a community-driven approach to:

• Define your short & long-term vision for health and wellness
• Decide how health funding should be used
• Identify gaps in care, services, housing, and mental health
• Choose who delivers care and how it is delivered

When communities lead, health care becomes:

• More relevant
• More trusted
• More effective

Each local plan reflects the priorities identified by the community, whether that means strengthening land-based healing, expanding mental health supports, improving housing, investing in infrastructure, or addressing other locally identified needs.

Community plans will guide how funding flows, how programs are built, and how success is measured. Your plan connects directly with regional and territorial planning to make sure your voice is never lost in the system.