What is Wild, Wonderful & Healthy WV?

No matter what your respective role is – to mitigate the opioid crisis, to ensure our children are ready for school and adults are ready to work, or to support economic growth – it all begins with healthy West Virginians. No one of us alone will have all the answers, but the direction we must go is clear, and together we can achieve our vision of a healthy West Virginia. Click here to learn more about the Wild, Wonderful & Healthy WV program as a whole.

Wild, Wonderful & Healthy Wirt County’s Vision

Wirt County, Where There Are Happy, Healthy Families in a Hometown Community.

Priority Focus

Safe and Affordable Housing.

While Wirt County has a myriad of health issues on which we could focus our work,  the Community Health Improvement (CHI) Committee will focus on increasing access to safe and affordable housing. The lack of access to safe and affordable housing in the county can lead to increased rates of chronic disease and a reduced workforce that impedes economic growth. 

To accomplish this goal, we have defined three measurable objectives that will guide our work:

Objective #1: Ensure that city code and county ordinances promote and sustain safe, affordable, and well-managed housing through June 30, 2026.                                                 

Objective #2: Increase the number of safe and well-managed houses by 10 properties by June 30, 2026.

CORE Support Team

A small group of individuals from the partner organizations are responsible for organizing the community health planning process and moving it forward. The work is being led and implemented by the Wirt County Family Resource Network (FRN).

The current CORE Support Team consists representatives from the following sectors:

• Basic services
• Healthcare
• Education
• Religious organizations
• Workforce-related groups
• Local government