Toolkit Links
Below are links to the resources and information referred to in the Anchor Mission Communications Toolkit, produced by the Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) in collaboration with Rush University Medical Center (Rush).
- Rush’s Anchor Mission Playbook
- Rush’s Chicago Magazine article
- Rush’s Total Health Collaborative video
- Embracing an Anchor Mission: ProMedica’s All-In Strategy
- HAN’s Anchor Philanthropy Initiative Group’s table comparing traditional philanthropy with anchor philanthropy
- Cleveland Clinic’s press release on its collaboration with Evergreen Cooperatives
- UMass Memorial Health Care’s Anchor Mission journey in the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health journal
- HAN Anchor Mission Talking Points
- HAN Overview
- Slide Deck on healthcare’s anchor mission
- One-page Overviews of Anchor Mission Strategies:
- Public Health Reaching Across Sectors (PHRASES) which will soon provide tools to help public health professionals communicate effectively in order to form partnerships with other sectors, such as housing, education, and business.
- HAN’s Glossary of Terms for the key anchor mission definitions.
- HAN anchor mission overview template
- Rush’s Restoring Homes and Lives video
- Fairview Health Services’ Health East and the Hmong American Farmers Association (HAFA) – Veggie Rx video
- New York Times article “When a Steady Paycheck is Good Medicine for Communities”
- RWJBarnabas Health’s Food for Thought video
- Boston Medical Center’s HealthCity
- Boston Medical Center’s website
- Rutger’s University – Newark’s Community Engagement website page
- Rutgers University – Newark’s Strategic Plan
- Rutgers University – Purchasing: Diversity & Sustainability Hire.Buy.Live.Newark website page
- Drexel University’s Centers & Initiatives website page
- Drexel University’s Civic Engagement website page
- Drexel University’s Context Setting website page
- The Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships
- Drexel University’s ‘Hire Local’, ‘Buy Local’, ‘Build Local’ toolkits
- Henry Ford Health System article
- University of Utah Health’s article about joining HAN
- UCLA Health’s article about joining HAN and the new UCLA Health Anchor Institution Mission
Toolkit Resources & General Communications Tools
Below are links to the resources and information referred to in the “Communication Resources” section of the Anchor Mission Communications Toolkit, and include general communications toolkits.
- Rush’s Anchor Mission communications presentation to HAN: watch the presentation or download the slide deck presentation.
- HAN website’s Resources page
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Template for Strategic Communications Plan
- Cause Communication’s Communications Toolkit: A Guide to Navigating Communications for Social Impact
- Cause Communication’s Photo/Video Release Form
- Cause Communication’s Measuring Communications Results worksheet
- The Opportunity Agenda’s Vision, Values, and Voice: A Communications Toolkit
- The Spitfire Strategies Smart Chart 3.0: Helping Nonprofits Make Smart Communication Choices
- Online tools for maps and data on health and wealth gaps in cities and regions: