The Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) and HAN member systems Kaiser Permanente, Boston Medical Center, and Trinity Health are covered in the New York Times article on how health systems are increasingly investing in affordable housing—and are seeing the benefits with improved community health. From the New York Times article: Health systems are, however, not acting as banks, said David Zuckerman, Healthcare Anchor Network’s […]
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Higher Education’s Anchor Mission: A Sharpened Imperative & A Framework for Action
The paper by the Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) and the Coalition of Urban & Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) “rearticulates the goals of the anchor mission and positions it as a framework through which higher education institutions can more fully realize their commitment to the public good and make more equitable the local economies they support and often […]
Continue ReadingThe Anchor Mission Playbook
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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Continue ReadingJoin us for HAN’s annual Policy Day!
HAN’s Policy Day 2024 will be held on May 1, 2024 in person at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. and virtually. Please view the Agenda and Register for the event. HAN supports federal workforce development and affordable housing programs to help create the healthy community conditions needed to keep people well, including after they return home from the hospital. Please […]
Continue ReadingInvesting to catalyze home ownership
HAN member Dartmouth Health has provided an additional $2 million investment in the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund to support affordable and safe housing. The Fund provides financing and education to help homeowners in manufactured-home communities and mortgages to other low-income home buyers. From the WCAX story: “The more challenging that sort of entire collection of those financial needs are, […]
Continue ReadingFinancing for affordable home rental & ownership
HAN member BJC HealthCare is providing below-market, permanent financing to build 36 new single-family affordable homes in St. Louis County, Missouri. The $12 million project is also financed by low-income housing tax credits. Roanoke Construction, a project partner, is very committed to minority- and women-owned business participation, projected to be 22% and 7%, respectively. After a 15-year compliance period as affordable […]
Continue ReadingTurning empty property into homes for the homeless
HAN member Trinity Health in Grand Rapids reacquired property that had been used as a COVID-19 isolation unit but laid empty post-pandemic. Trinity Health worked with Dégagé Ministries to turn the 28,000-square-foot facility into housing for homeless individuals and donated the furniture as well. It is the first housing program in Michigan for women experiencing chronic homelessness. The 25 residents will […]
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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 […]
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.
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