HAN members Advocate Health, CommonSpirit Health, and UMass Memorial Health have enlisted their staff members to tell the stories about their Impact Workforce programs in these powerful videos. The narratives are helping to recruit trainees and inspire community members, especially those facing similar workforce barriers. Hear from employees themselves:
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How LISC & Healthcare Anchor Network Members Are Promoting Community Resiliency: Affordable Housing
Social and economic factors—including access to quality housing and jobs, and opportunities to start and grow a business—shape the health and well-being of communities. Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) are dedicated to helping institutions leverage their financial resources to invest in these social drivers of health to create resilient communities. This is the first of a two-part series highlighting how HAN members are partnering with LISC to invest in affordable housing and economic development.
Continue ReadingCelebrating National Workforce Development Month
Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) members are implementing Impact Workforce strategies that connect individuals from nearby under-resourced communities to quality jobs and career pathways. This month we are celebrating the significant impact workforce development programs have in re-building our local economies, creating pathways to quality jobs, and supporting underserved communities. See also: HAN’s Impact Workforce case studies […]
Continue ReadingIntermountain Health Place-based Investing Case Study
HAN just released a case study on HAN member Intermountain Health’s Place Based Investing program, a strategy embedded across six states: Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming. The program deploys low-cost, longer-term capital to address social drivers of health such as housing stability and financial wellness. By committing up to two percent of its […]
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A win-win for health, workers & community
Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) member Rush University System for Health’s president and CEO Omar Lateef, DO, shares how the health system partnered with West Side United (whose members include HAN members Rush University System for Health, Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, and Ascension) and other key community organizations to build Fillmore Linen Service on the west side of Chicago. Rush had been […]
Continue ReadingAnchors strengthening communities’ long-term health & economic stability
Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) member Intermountain Health leverages its purchasing power to support local businesses and drive inclusive economic growth. One of those businesses is Ethik, a Utah-based company that employs 26 Afghan refugee women to repurpose blue wrap from Intermountain operating rooms into handcrafted items like crossbody bags and zipper pouches. From the article: “Intermountain Health’s commitment […]
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Intermountain Health CEO Talks About the Importance of Showing Community Value
Intermountain Health President and CEO Rob Allen spoke with Becker’s Hospital Review about how nonprofit hospitals need to better define and communicate their value and what they deliver to communities. From Becker’s article: “Intermountain is enhancing transparency and reaffirming its mission to drive health equity and long-term community investment. . . . “So we gave back more […]
Continue ReadingShared Ownership, Shared Prosperity: Employee Ownership
The Evergreen Cooperative Laundry (ECL) is a true story of wealth creation – a tale of community wealth building, local wealth anchoring, and fostering lasting livelihoods for those on the economic margins. Founded through a partnership among the Cleveland Foundation, the City of Cleveland, and anchor institutions such as the Cleveland Clinic, ECL anchors wealth […]
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