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
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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Overview of place-based investing with case studies, key strategies, and tips for getting started.
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Overview on impact purchasing with case studies, key strategies, and tips for getting started.
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Overview on Impact Workforce with case studies, key strategies, and tips for getting started.
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Continue ReadingExecutive Summary for Activating place-based partnerships for equitable economic development: a playbook for anchor collaboratives
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.
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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 […]
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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.
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