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The Sarasota County Victim Advisory Council will host its annual Victim Tribute on Monday, April 7, at 6:30 p.m. at The Salvation Army Center for Worship & Service, located at 1701 S. Tuttle Avenue in Sarasota, the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has announced. This tribute is part of National Crime Victims' Rights week, April 6-12, a news release notes. It "is intended to celebrate accomplishments in the victims' rights movement, reach out to survivors of all types of crime and honor victims who are no longer with us," the release explains. The public is invited to join representa- tives of the council, the Sheriff's Office, the State Attorney's Office, the Sarasota Police Department, Parents of Murdered Children (POMC), the City of Sarasota and Sarasota County Government for this event. Many of the above agencies will offer infor- mation at the tribute regarding available community resources, the release says. TRIBUTE PLANNED FOR NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS WEEK Sarasota County fell five spots — from third to eighth — in the latest overall Florida health rankings by county, released by the University of Wisconsin and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on March 26. The Florida Department of Health-Sarasota County (DOH-Sarasota) noted in a news release that the 2014 County Health Rankings & Roadmaps tool is the fifth in a series of annual reports. It "highlights the many com- munity factors that influence health and measures progress using established data sources, many of which are available from the DOH-Sarasota" at floridacharts.com, the release points out. In 2012, Sarasota County ranked fourth as well. The material produced by the University of Wisconsin and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which address physical environ- ments, social and economic factors, health behaviors and access to clinical care, "are a snapshot of the health of counties across the nation," the release explains. "The report reinforces the benefit of community collabo- rations [since health and well being are not] the result of one single effort but rather the dynamic achieved through the collective and ongoing efforts of many community partners." Sarasota County's Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) is designed to address specific opportunities for improved health that have been identified by the commu- nity, the release continues. The DOH-Sarasota has partnered with many stakeholders to implement the CHIP and collaborates with them regularly to track progress, it adds. "We recognize that there are always new opportunities to expand the scope of col- laborations to foster healthy environments and healthy lifestyles," said DOH-Sarasota Administrator Chuck Henry in the release. He also serves as the director for Sarasota County Health and Human Services. "Under the umbrella of the 'Healthy Sarasota County' branding, we see great promise in COUNTY FALLS FIVE NOTCHES IN STATE HEALTH RANKINGS Sarasota News Leader March 28, 2014 Page 75