Public Health Improvement plans are the result of an eight-phase process. This process called the Colorado Public Health Assessment and Planning System, or CHAPS, is a standardized, coordinated approach to public health planning used by local public health agencies (LPHAs) across the state of Colorado. This standardized process allows public health staff, stakeholders, and community members to contribute equally to the finished product of a public health improvement plan or "PHIP." During this process, health priority topics are identified and become the main focus of public health planning efforts during the cycle. During "cycle 2" Prowers County identified "HEAL/obesity/food insecurity" and "substance use" as its two main health priorities.