Community Health Needs Assessment

Monterey County Health Needs Collaborative

The Monterey County Health Needs Collaborative is a partnership of hospitals, health organizations, and community agencies working together to improve the health and well-being of Monterey County residents. Originally founded in 2022, the Collaborative includes the County of Monterey Health Department, Mee Memorial Healthcare System, Montage Health, Natividad, Salinas Valley Health, and United Way Monterey County. In 2025, California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB), and Central California Alliance for Health (Alliance) have joined the collaborative.

By coming together, community stakeholders will be able to better collaborate to prioritize and address the county’s most pressing health needs. The 2025 CHNA consists of both primary and secondary data including county level data, census data, vital statistics, online key informant surveys, customized local health surveys and other health related data.

Visit the Monterey County Health Needs Collaborative website to learn more and to view the 2025 County-Wide Community Health Needs Assessment report.

View the 2025 Community Hospital Health Needs Assessment report and the 2022 Community Hospital Health Needs Assessment report, specific to Community hospital's service area.

Goals the CHNA supports

Area residents like you benefit from our use of the assessment as a tool to work toward three goals:

  • Improve health, lifespan, and quality of life: In a healthy community, you not only have little physical and mental illness. You also enjoy a high quality of life.
  • Reduce health disparities: By gathering data on demographics, health status, and behavior, we can identify populations most at risk for diseases and injuries. Our community can then plan ways to combat socioeconomic barriers to health and wellness.
  • Increase access to preventive services: More-accessible preventive services will support the first goal, as well as lower costs of caring for late-stage diseases resulting from a lack of preventive care.

Our research partner

Professional Research Consultants, Inc. (PRC) conducted this assessment for Community Hospital. PRC is a nationally recognized healthcare consulting firm with experience conducting CHNAs across the United States since 1994.