HAN President and Founder David Zuckerman presented at the Vizient ESG Impact Spend Summit. He stressed the importance of taking action to be part of the solution through every day operations, providing inspiring HAN member systems’ examples in this area, and shared some key success factors. From David Zuckerman’s TED Talk: Perhaps most importantly, every single individual in this room needs to […]
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October is Employee Ownership Month
HAN members are leveraging spending with existing suppliers in the communities they operate in to build community wealth through employee ownership. Building Resiliency through Employee Ownership (BREO) is a three-year joint initiative with HAN and OBRAN Cooperative where HAN health system members aim to create better health and economic outcomes for local employees and their families. BREO participating systems are identifying […]
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Evergreen Cooperative Laundry (ECL) is expanding its facilities in the Glenville neighborhood through the acquisition of eight vacant lots next to the existing facility, and the construction of a 5,000 square foot building. The expansion will create 10 to 15 new full-time jobs at ECL. There are currently 210 ECL employees who receive annual distributions averaging $9,000-$10,000 per employee-owner. […]
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HAN member Hawai‘i Pacific Health partnered with the Hawai‘i Department of Education to establish the new Waipahu High School Academic Health Center, which they believe is a first of its kind in the nation. The center allows more than 500 students to get direct, first-hand experience in healthcare, working alongside and shadowing medical professionals. From the Hawaii News Now interview with Dr. Leslie Chun, […]
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HAN is delighted to have Mercy health system join our network! Mercy is the 6th largest Catholic health system in the U.S. with 32 acute care hospitals, and 17 specialty hospitals; and over 45,000 employees across Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.
Continue ReadingEnsuring policies positively impact health equity
Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) member Rush University System for Health greeted the Democratic National Convention (DNC) to Chicago with a large banner on its hospital that read, “Who gets the chance to be healthy?” to raise awareness that policies at both the local and federal levels impact population health. Rush also penned a Chicago Sun Times op-ed on this topic, […]
Continue ReadingHousing is key to thriving
HAN and HAN member Kaiser Permanente’s Housing for Health Fund were cited as healthcare sector institutions that are helping to create housing programs through place-based investing and partnerships. Kaiser Permanente has invested $50 million into the fund since it was created in 2019, which has resulted in the preservation of more than 1,200 housing units. From the Modern […]
Continue ReadingLeveraging philanthropy for the anchor mission
Across the country, Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) members are shifting their resources for community giving to align with their anchor mission strategies and support community wealth building. This edition of our newsletter highlights examples of HAN members going upstream with their community giving to better address root cause issues and strengthen their neighborhoods. HAN is curious […]
Continue ReadingDeploying grants & support for inclusive economic development
Kaiser Permanente: Since 2020, LISC and its affiliate Broadstreet have deployed $23.5 million in grants and support from Kaiser Permanente and leveraged an additional $48.9 million in funding. These funds have advanced inclusive economic development activities in more than a dozen cities such as access to good jobs, wealth building, and supporting locally-owned businesses. Examples […]
Continue ReadingSupporting local, diverse & employee-owned food businesses with grants & loans
HAN members Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center provided a combination of low-interest loans and grants totaling $1 million to City Fresh Foods to buy and renovate an 18,000 sq. ft. building in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood in order to expand its operational capacity. The company is the only minority- and employee-owned, and minority-led food service company in Massachusetts. From […]
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