Dr. Geoffrey Gusoff with HAN member UCLA Health co-authored with HAN and Gery W. Ryan a just-released study on healthcare partnerships with community wealth building (CWB) organizations. The article includes mostly HAN member system initiatives with community land trusts, resident-owned communities, and worker cooperatives. These are key CWB strategies because they allow for local residents to gain ownership and control over their housing […]
Continue ReadingInvesting in farmers & small food businesses
HAN member Hawai‘i Pacific Health partnered with Kamehameha Schools to make over $1 million in joint place-based investments in Feed the Hunger Fund, a community development financial institution (CDFI), that provides loans and technical assistance to small food businesses in Hawai‘i. The investment includes helping small farms in Hawaiʻi— where 80% of farmers make less than $25,000—with $260,000 in loans […]
Continue ReadingHAN case study on UH’s Impact Workforce strategies
HAN just released a case study on HAN member University Hospital’s Impact Workforce program that covers intentional hiring pipelines and paid training programs that help to address business needs while connecting residents from nearby neighborhoods in Cleveland with jobs and career ladder opportunities. From the HAN University Hospitals case study: UH’s inside-up programs include a […]
Continue ReadingGenerating economic growth in under-invested communities
HAN member Intermountain Health announced a $10 million investment in a partnership with NewWest Community Capital, a community development financial institution (CDFI), to develop affordable housing. NewWest has projects in Utah, Montana, Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada. In Utah, 40,000 renter households earn less than $24,000 a year so they struggle financially, having to […]
Continue ReadingHealth systems & communities working to solve health inequity
HAN member RUSH University System for Health was interviewed about health disparities in Chicago and Rush’s work to solve them within and beyond its hospital walls. From the AMA Update interview: Dr. Omar Lateef, president, RUSH University Medical Center: The only point I would accentuate on that is, this is a monumental challenge for an entire community. It’s not going […]
Continue ReadingResources & Funding
Recompete Pilot Program will fund $200 million toward interventions that create, and connect workers to good jobs in geographically diverse and persistently distressed communities across the country. Anchor institution partnerships, inclusive hiring & purchasing and aligning investments and program are grant focus areas. View a summary that HAN created on how anchors are highlighted.Application deadline: Oct 5, 2023 The Zero Health […]
Continue ReadingNew HAN Member
HAN welcomes Allina Health to the network! The health system is based in Minneapolis with 13 hospitals and 30,000 employees throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin.
Continue ReadingKey partners accelerate anchor mission strategies
The American Medical Association (AMA) is a key partner to West Side United (WSU), an anchor collaborative on Chicago’s west side whose members include Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) members Rush University Medical Center, Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, and Ascension. AMA has provided $5 million to WSU’s multi-pronged social impact investing approach. From the AMA […]
Continue ReadingAnchor mission & community leadership
HAN member UMass Memorial Health’s Doug Brown, President of Community Hospitals and Chief Administrative Officer, shares how the health system reimagined its role in the community by leveraging its economic and intellectual power as an anchor organization and adopting the anchor mission to lift up the community.
Continue ReadingInvesting in community businesses for long-term impacts
HAN member Bon Secours Mercy Health is partnering with Springfield Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in Ohio to invest $1 million towards a new low-interest loan program for small and minority-owned businesses to build community wealth and improve the health of residents. From the Springfield News-Sun article:Adam Groshans, president of Mercy Health, said the hospital […]
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