Dr. Geoffrey Gusoff with HAN member UCLA Health co-authored with HAN and Gery W. Ryan a study in 2023 on healthcare partnerships with community wealth building (CWB) organizations that included worker cooperatives. Read about Evergreen Cooperative Laundry in the National Association of Development Organizations article: The Evergreen Cooperative Laundry (ECL) is a true wealth creation story – a story of community wealth building, anchoring wealth locally, and […]
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HAN Convening 2025: Boston Registration Now Open!
We’re excited to announce that registration is now open for the HAN Convening 2025, taking place in Boston! From October 8-10, HAN members and invited partners will be part of three dynamic days of connection, learning, and collaboration designed to move anchor mission strategies from vision to action. This event brings together mission-aligned health systems and partners to […]
Continue ReadingHAN Hosts Policy Day on the Hill with Lawmakers and Anchor Institutions
HAN’s 7th annual Policy Day was held on Capitol Hill and focused on affordable housing and workforce development. We were joined by a bipartisan group of congressional members who spoke about the importance of affordable and healthy housing and quality skills training programs. We were fortunate to be joined by congressional leaders, national experts in affordable […]
Continue ReadingLeveraging Anchor Resources for Long-term wellbeing.
Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) President & Founder David Zuckerman spoke at the Penn LDI Aligning Health Systems with their Community’s Economic and Social Needs virtual seminar on the expanding role of health care systems as anchor institutions in their communities and how the anchor mission is a powerful tool to support health and wellbeing in neighborhoods. From the Penn LDI […]
Continue ReadingAdvocate Health’s Place-Based Investing Expands Affordable Housing in Bronzeville
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 ReadingImpact Deposits: Strengthening Local Economies Through Mission-Driven Banking
An introduction for health systems, prepared by Healthcare Anchor Network and Avivar Capital When health systems sign Healthcare Anchor Network’s (HAN) Place-based Investing (PBI) Commitment, they commit to redirecting a portion of their long-term investable assets toward geographically-focused impact investments, aimed at improving local conditions that affect community health. Place-based investing supports stronger, more resilient […]
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 […]
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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 […]
Continue ReadingSupporting community resurgence
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 […]
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