About Us

The Healthier Arlington website is a valuable resource provided by the Arlington County government’s Public Health Division (ACPHD) to help Arlington, Virginia organizations, policy makers, and residents learn about health and well-being topics (including indicators) that impact our community. The Healthier Arlington website organizes information from many places into one, accessible, user-friendly location. This website provides local health data, resources, best practices, news articles and information about community events. In keeping with Arlington County Government mission and values, it is important that the site provides balanced information on a broad range of topics affecting the health of our community and highlights the assets in our community. The resources on this site are curated specifically for use by Arlington County and its community and its contents are maintained by Conduent Health Communities Institute (Conduent) under contract with Arlington County government since 2017.

The intent is to give our community the tools we need to read and understand the health and well-being indicators that affect our quality of life. The tools can also help set goals and evaluate progress. Community groups, schools, health associations, chambers of commerce, tourism and many other organizations can use this information to show the great benefits of living in Arlington, Virginia as well as opportunities for improvement, with specific information. Master planners and government can use these data to establish community goals on a variety of platforms. The data are updated whenever source data are updated, providing the most up-to-date information of its kind.

The evolving nature of this website allows all users of the Healthier Arlington website to contribute information and ideas. The promising practices section highlights exemplary programs and successes of local, state and national health departments; it also allows individuals to search for information when they face a similar situation or as a resource. Our goal is to strengthen and build healthier communities through the provision of state-of the art web-based assessment and improvement tools. We hope you find it beneficial.