About Us

Our Vision: All people have what they need to be healthy. Our Mission: CHI strengthens communities and systems with trusted analysis and collaborative solutions to improve health.

The Colorado Health Institute is a nonprofit public health institute. We work to improve the systems that influence people’s health and well-being. We provide resources for people seeking to make those systems more effective and equitable. We answer critical questions, make sense of complex issues, and support others to reach actionable solutions.

We work with partners across Colorado and around the country. Learn more about our skills on our Services page. 

Our Values

  • Accessibility. We communicate clearly and aim to make sense of issues in a way that invites participation and understanding.
  • Collaboration. We engage with others in a spirit of authenticity, transparency, and respect.
  • Curiosity. We ask questions because we don’t pretend to know everything in advance — and because learning is fun.
  • Equity. We work to build systems that put people first, internally and in our work with others.
  • Integrity. We are committed to truth and accuracy in our research and in our partnerships.
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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.

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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.

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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.