Greene County Health Department's Administrator Molly Peters Appointed Co-Chair of Illinois SHA/SHIP Partnership 

CARROLLTON — The Greene County Health Department is proud to announce that Molly Peters, their Public Health Administrator, has been appointed by Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Sameer Vohra MD, JD, MA as Co-Chair of the SHA/SHIP Partnership—the statewide team guiding the development and implementation of Illinois’s five-year statewide public health blueprint under the “Healthy Illinois 2028” initiative.In her role, Ms. Peters will help steer the processes of the State Health Assessment (SHA) and the State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) — a dual approach mandated by Illinois law under 20 ILCS 5/5-565.“This appointment underscores the vital role that local public health practitioners play in shaping statewide strategies and ensuring that community-level realities are re