HAN member Advocate Health is supporting a new affordable housing development in the Bronzeville neighborhood in Milwaukee that will add more than two dozen affordable housing units for area residents. The health system is collaborating with LISC Milwaukee as part of its HAN Place-based Investing commitment, providing a pre-development loan to help Bronzeville Estates establish its early footing in […]
Continue ReadingNemours Announces $10 Million Investment in Wilmington, DE to Promote Community Well-Being
HAN member Nemours Children’s Health is engaged in place-based investing with the Kingwood Community Center in Wilmington, Delaware’s Riverside neighborhood, providing a loan of at least $10 million to accelerate the community center’s construction. From the PBS/NPR WHYY story: “Having [Nemours Children’s Health] directly in the Riverside community with access to a couple hundred children in the building each […]
Continue ReadingA better outcome for all
HAN member Ochsner Health’s Missy Hopson, Chief Learning and Workforce Development Officer, discusses how the health system employs an outside-in and inside-up approach to talent attraction and skill development. Apprenticeship and earn-and-learn programs, life and career coaches, and flexible pathways help advance employees’ skills and careers. From the WorkforceRx interview: In the first cohort of our MA Now […]
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HAN member Bon Secours Mercy Health provides community investment funds to support the purchase and renovation of homes in Ohio. The program is aligned with other housing initiatives that the health system supports in these communities. Bon Secours Mercy Health also looks to support employees’ well-being by providing down payment support along with helping to “build up homeownership in local […]
Continue ReadingNew HAN Impact Workforce Commitment Signatory!
University of Vermont Health Network (UVMHN) is the most recent signatory to the HAN Impact Workforce Commitment (IWC). The health system has had broad success building outside-in and inside-up professional development pipelines and educational partnerships to grow local talent that includes current and future employees amid a workforce shortage. UVMHN is committing to hire employees from economically disadvantaged areas who connect to […]
Continue ReadingGroup Mentorship Eases Nurse Shortage at Intermountain Health
HAN member Intermountain Health’s pilot graduate nurse group mentorship program looked to address the lack of qualified mentors to provide one-on-one support for their new graduate nurses. This situation was partly due to high nursing turnover and the increased number of novice nurses. The new group mentorship model enables small cohorts of new graduate nurses to receive the mentoring support […]
Continue ReadingJoin us for HAN’s annual Policy Day!
HAN’s Policy Day 2025 will be held on May 7, 2025, from 9:15 to 11:30 a.m. in person at the Capitol Visitors Center (CVC) in Washington, D.C., and online. This is a year of uncertainties at the federal level. Still, working together, we will protect and advance meaningful solutions to the nation’s immense shortage of affordable homes and lack […]
Continue ReadingLocal economic impact with facility construction
HAN member UMass Memorial Health (UMMH) recently celebrated the grand opening of its new North Pavilion, an acute-care facility. This marks UMMH’s first significant capital project, which utilizes local businesses directly as part of one of the system’s four anchor mission pillars. From the Worcester Business Journal article: As of mid-2024, UMMH reported 22% of the conversion projects contracts were […]
Continue ReadingAmplifying the collective impact of local groups
Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) member Endeavor Health announced $8.8 million of Community Investment Fund (CIF) awards to 44 local organizations and partnerships in the Chicago area to address social drivers of health and remove barriers to care. The awards include funding for workforce development and housing insecurity. From the Crain’s Chicago Business article: One example, Jeff Zakem [Endeavor’s […]
Continue ReadingJoin us for HAN’s annual Policy Day!
HAN’s Policy Day 2025 will be held on May 7, 2025, from 9:15 to 11:30 a.m. in person at the Capitol Visitors Center (CVC) in Washington, D.C., and online. This is a year of uncertainties at the federal level but working together we will protect and advance meaningful solutions to the nation’s immense shortage of affordable homes and lack […]
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