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Anchor Mission Implementation Roadmap

bpham · May 19, 2025 ·

This roadmap collects common milestones in the Anchor Mission implementation journey and shares examples of how health systems have educated staff on community needs and the Anchor Mission vision, created new staff positions to advance anchor strategies, developed dashboards to track progress, and more.

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Anchor Mission Playbook: New Learnings & Findings in Anchor Mission Execution

Sandra Contreras · May 15, 2025 ·

Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) member Rush University System for Health with the support of HAN, shares new insights, implications, and tools to aid in the execution of the anchor mission framework in the Anchor Mission Playbook: New Learnings & Findings in Anchor Mission Execution. The original Anchor Mission Playbook outlined strategies and insights to execute an anchor mission approach when the field was developing. Six […]

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Newsletters Archive

Sandra Contreras · Mar 20, 2025 ·

View Past Issues of our Newsletter Catch up on past issues of our newsletter. Our newsletter archive features a deep well of articles that detail how health systems are strategically leveraging their purchasing, hiring, and investing power to improve health and well-being by addressing economic gaps in the communities they serve. View Past Issues of […]

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Place-Based Investments in Action: How Healthcare Anchor Network Members are Helping Build Healthier Communities

bpham · Feb 17, 2025 ·

The Healthcare Anchor Network defines place-based investing (PBI) as an impact investing approach that generates positive social and economic impacts in historically disinvested communities and geographies, while achieving a modest financial return, or at least preserving the principal of the investment.  Place-based investments address financing gaps in the marketplace by providing affordable and flexible capital […]

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Insights from Experts in the Field of Community Investing

Sandra Contreras · Jan 30, 2025 ·

In 2021, Healthcare Anchor Network president and founder David Zuckerman appeared on an American Hospital Association panel, “Insights from Experts in the Field of Community Investing,” alongside Robin Hacke, executive director and co-founder, Center for Community Investment; and Doug Jutte, executive director, Build Healthy Places Network. These leaders discussed and shared examples of how hospitals […]

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Place-based Investing Overview

bpham · Jan 15, 2025 ·

Overview of place-based investing with case studies, key strategies, and tips for getting started.

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Impact Purchasing Overview

bpham · Jan 15, 2025 ·

Overview on impact purchasing with case studies, key strategies, and tips for getting started.

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Impact Workforce Overview

bpham · Jan 15, 2025 ·

Overview on Impact Workforce with case studies, key strategies, and tips for getting started.

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Newsletters

Sandra Contreras · Sep 25, 2024 ·

Email Newsletter Archive

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Executive Summary for Activating place-based partnerships for equitable economic development: a playbook for anchor collaboratives

Sandra Contreras · May 16, 2024 ·

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