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 […]
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New HAN member
HAN welcomes University Health to the network! University Health is the only locally owned and operated health system in San Antonio and Bexar County in Texas. The system has 10,000 employees and includes University Hospital, which serves as the region’s only Level I trauma center for both adults and children, and the Women’s & Children’s Hospital. There is […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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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We are excited that Beth Israel Lahey Health has joined HAN. The Massachusetts health system brings together academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, specialty and community hospitals, and has more than 4,800 physicians and 38,000 employees.
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