Resources for the Anchor Mission
Activating place-based partnerships for equitable economic development: A playbook for anchor collaboratives
This playbook details how groups of anchor institutions are building effective place-based partnerships together with community partners to improve individual and family well-being and build equitable local economies.
Continue ReadingImpact Workforce Commitment
Infographic: A Framework for Impact Hiring and Workforce Development Seventeen Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) health system members signed the “Impact Workforce Commitment” (IWC) to build healthy and equitable local economies through their hiring and workforce development programs and policies. The commitment includes aligning hiring and workforce power with clinical and community efforts to provide opportunities for individuals from underresourced […]
Continue ReadingCommunity Engagement Spectrum
The Community Engagement Spectrum highlights different access points and opportunities that may exist for community stakeholders to engage a health institution in identifying community needs, developing strategies, implementing solutions, and evaluating progress. Case studies show how health systems have collaborated with community stakeholders around anchor mission implementation.
Continue ReadingBaystate Health Workforce Development
In our latest case study we feature Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) member Baystate Health, a nonprofit, integrated health system serving over 800,000 people across western New England. Based in Springfield, Massachusetts, it is the largest healthcare organization in western Massachusetts, with a workforce of over 13,000 employees across its four hospitals.
Continue ReadingDartmouth Health Workforce Development
In our latest case study we feature Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) member Dartmouth Health (DH), a nonprofit academic health system that serves rural communities in New Hampshire and Vermont through six hospitals, a visiting nurse and hospice program, and numerous clinics. Dartmouth Health is the largest private employer in the state of NH with just […]
Continue ReadingUniversity Hospitals Hiring and Training Programs
University Hospitals’ (UH)’s intentional hiring pipelines and paid training programs are explored in a new case study. The case study covers the program’s inception and design, strategies employed, and key stakeholders involved. Outside-in programs are external facing, intentional programs that source candidates from specific, high-poverty neighborhoods. Inside-up programs are for current UH employees, connecting them to career […]
Continue ReadingHow Healthcare Anchor Network Members are Making Place-Based Investment Commitments to Address the Upstream Determinants of Health
Place-based Investment: The Healthcare Anchor Network defines Place-based investing (PBI) as an impact investment approach that targets positive social, economic, and environmental impacts in specific communities and geographies of need (i.e., underfunded and/or underserved populations), while achieving a modest financial return (i.e., one that is less than market rate for that asset class). The purpose […]
Continue ReadingUMass Memorial Health Care Community Investing Program
UMass Memorial Health (UMMH)’s Community Investing Program is explored in a new case study. The case study covers the program’s inception and design, strategies employed, and key stakeholders involved. It also discusses several of the program’s projects, including Worcester Common Ground (WCG), Creative Hub Worcester (CHW), the Finally Home Fund, and the Tiny Home Village.
Continue ReadingRush University System for Health
Rush University System for Health’s comprehensive anchor mission Business Supplier Diversity initiatives are featured in our latest case study. As an anchor institution that has adopted the anchor mission, Rush is focused on improving the economic vitality of Chicago’s West Side neighborhoods and has consistently worked through multiple avenues to do so including healthcare, community […]
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