A Steering Committee has been established to oversee the SHIP. The mission of the Steering Committee is to:

• Assure an ongoing process to coordinate and monitor plans intended to improve the health of Delawareans;
• Identify gaps in those plans; and
• Advocate for intervention, accordingly.

The Steering Committee is comprised of the following individuals (affiliation in parentheses):

• Gerard Gallucci (Delaware Department of Health and Social Services);
• Mary Kate Mouser (Nemours Health & Prevention Services);
• Karyl Rattay (Delaware Department of Health and Social Services);
• Jill Rogers (Delaware Health Care Commission);
• Lisa Schieffert (Delaware Healthcare Association);
• Paul Silverman (Delaware Department of Health and Social Services); and
• Michelle Taylor (United Way of Delaware).

This committee will oversee the Action Cycle of the SHIP.  In this capacity, the Steering Committee will establish the following:

• What products should be generated from the development and implementation of the action plans designed by the SHIP Subcommittees; and
• How the evaluation of the overall Action Cycle will be carried out.

In addition, the Steering Committee will also:

• Assist, review, and provide feedback on the action plans designed by each of the SHIP Subcommittees;
• Make available the goals and objectives upon which the SHIP Subcommittees will develop their action plans;
• Elucidate whether any opportunities to reduce duplication of efforts exist, particularly among action plans with similar intents and target populations but are designed by different SHIP Subcommittees;
• Conduct the evaluation of the Action Cycle; and
• Serve as the primary source of communication to external stakeholders on all aspects of the State Health Improvement Plan and State Health Improvement Process.

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