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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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Activating place-based partnerships for equitable economic development: A playbook for anchor collaboratives

Sandra Contreras · May 16, 2024 ·

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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The Anchor Mission Playbook

bpham · Nov 11, 2019 ·

Written by Rush University Medical Center, with support from Chicago Anchors for a Strong Economy, the Civic Consulting Alliance, and The Democracy Collaborative, this playbook offers recommendations drawn from research carried out to help Rush University Medical Center align around its Anchor Mission. These findings are intended to help other hospitals and health systems accelerate their own efforts to drive institutional alignment with community needs.

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