We carry out our work in two ways.
- We provide consulting services to organizations that share our mission of improving health for all. See a partial list of our clients, and read about our services and expertise.
- We focus on three areas of work that we believe are key to making Colorado a healthier place to live — climate and health, behavioral health, and integrating systems of care. This work, called our Health Agenda, is funded by philanthropic support.
CHI was founded in 2002 to fill a need for nonpartisan, independent data and evidence-based analysis to support decision-makers. We are a trusted and independent source for strategic planning, facilitation, complex modeling, evaluation, and strategic communication. Our work leads to sound health policy decisions that improve the health of all Coloradans.
Our Mission and Vision
We improve the health of all Coloradans through independent research, analysis, and insight that advance sound policies and decisions.
Our Nonpartisan Ethic
CHI does not lobby in any way. We do not endorse bills, ballot initiatives, or candidates.
We will offer our best analysis of the evidence for any topic we examine, and we help decision-makers think through their plans to craft the best policy possible.
Our Invitation: Use Our Work
Please feel free to use any data, charts, graphics, or research from our website, with credit to the Colorado Health Institute. As a public benefit nonprofit, we work to help all Coloradans understand the evidence about health policy. The more you use our work, the more successful we are.
If you find our work useful, please let us know. And if you can’t find what you need, let us know that, too.
Our National Partners
CHI is one of more than 40 member public health institutes within the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI). Across the country, public health institutes are an integral part of the nation’s public health infrastructure. In Colorado, CHI works with public and private partners to protect and improve the public’s health, adding capacity for a range of functions from strategic planning and program development to research and evaluation.