HLC Funders

Abundant Life Church of the Nazarene

Cambia Health Foundation

Cascade Pacific Action Alliance

Clark County Public Health

Community Foundation of Southwest

Washington

Cowlitz County Health and Human Services

Foundation for Healthy Generations

Free Clinic of Southwest Washington

Kaiser Permanente

Legacy Health

Meyer Memorial Trust

North Pacific Union Conference of the

Seventh Day Adventist

Northwest Health Foundation PeaceHealth

Wahkiakum Health and Human Services

Washington State Department of Health

HLC Leadership

Gloria Arroyo-League of United Latin American Citizens

Sue Cameron-Wahkiakum Health and Human Services

Hahli Clark-Lower Columbia Community College

David Kelly-Area Agency on Aging and Disabilities

Ilona Kerby-Lower Columbia CAP

Kelly Love-Legacy Immanuel Salmon Creek Laurel Lee-Molina Health Care

Maggie Miller-Cowlitz Indian Tribe

Marla Sanger-PeaceHealth

Ophelia Noble-Healthy Living Collaborative

Anna Simon-Community Health Plan of Washington

Barbe West-Free Clinic of SW Washington

Jan Wichert-Vancouver Housing Authority

Roxanne Wolfe-Clark County Public Health

HLC Works Toward Health in All Policies and Services

The HLC is committed to improving the health and stability of all residents in Southwest Washington by incorporating health considerations into decision making across all sectors, systems, and policy areas to prevent and mitigate chronic disease and poverty.

State Policy

Support the Housing Trust Fund

Support housing source of income protection

Support strategies that restrict youth access of tobacco products, including electronic vaping devices

Support the investment in high-quality pediatric primary and specialty care by ensuring the Medicaid rate is adequate

Budget additional funds for homeless services and funds for homeless student stability

Local Policy

Support local affordable housing efforts

Support Complete Streets ordinance in local cities and counties

Support ordinances that prohibit the use of electronic vapor devices in any place where smoking is prohibited

Organizational Policy and Services

Support worksite wellness policies

Support implementation of hydration stations in schools

Support Vancouver Housing Authority in prioritization of Section 8 vouchers

Healthy Living Collaborative www.healthylivingcollaborative.org

Mailing Address: 2500 Main Street

Vancouver, WA 98660

Executive Director, Kachina Inman

kachina@hlcsw.org, 541-520-9382

Policy Committee: Valre Bales - Healthy Living Collaborative; Deb Dandroff - Education Service District 112 ; Dolly England - Commission on African American Affairs; Molly Haynes - Kaiser Permanente; Dominique Horn - Healthy Living Collaborative; Adam Kravitz - Outsiders Inn; Eric McNair Scott – Seamar Community Health Centers; Matti Neal - Healthy Living Collaborative; Michael O’Neill - Cowlitz County Health and Human Services; Chris Pegg - Longview Housing Authority; Amber Rosewood - Cowlitz Family Health Center; Tamara Shoup - Vancouver Public Schools; Andy Silver - Council for the Homeless

HLC 2016 STRATEGY

Our Mission

The Healthy Living Collaborative is

constantly focusing on

upstream solutions that support

community-based initiatives to im-

prove health and wellness.

We are committed to

strengthening families,

neighborhoods, and systems in or-

der to ensure health equity.

HLC brings together partners from

all sectors, combining

resources and ideas, to improve the

lives of everyone.

Contents

Mission and

Three-fold Approach

Community-Based

Engagement and

Prevention

Health in All Policies

and Services

HLC Leadership and

Partnerships

HLC Leadership participates in Social Justice and Equity Training

Three-fold Approach

At the Healthy Living Collaborative, we believe positive change comes from building cross-sectoral partnerships that acknowledge the complex drivers of health in the modern world, then authentically connect that collective impact infrastructure to community quality of life and community wisdom. We’re built from the ground up to align policy and systems work with community-led initiatives in order to transform partnerships seeking change into movements that create it. To accomplish this, the HLC has a three-fold approach:

Focus on Community-Based Engagement and Prevention

We always start with community needs and respond with community-based strategies. A network of peer-to-peer Community Health Workers (CHWs) helps us bridge those efforts to larger reform in a meaningful way.

Build an Infrastructure for Collective Impact

Local efforts can’t overcome every systemic or policy barrier, so we connect those efforts to a regional collective impact infrastructure designed to support local efforts.

Build Health into All Policies and Services

Who We Are

Why the HLC Emphasizes Collaboration

Despite sincere efforts to promote health and reduce disparities,

vulnerable communities in Southwest Washington continue to struggle.

The impacts ripple through multiple systems, including healthcare, social

services, and criminal justice, and play out in the daily lives of our

families, friends, and neighbors. In a world of profound interconnectivity,

we can no longer afford to work alone in our usual silos and expect

better community health to somehow appear on the horizon. It’s an

enormous challenge. In SW Washington, however, we prefer to be

defined not by our challenges, but by our capacity to meet them. There is

a rich history of collaboration here, which has coalesced into a regional,

cross-sector partnership dedicated to enacting policy, systems, and

environmental change strategies that prioritize healthy living for all SW

Washington.

HLC Partners Alliance for a Healthier Generation Amerigroup

Area Agency on Aging and Disability of SW Washington

Clark College

Clark County Food System

Clark County Public Health

Community Foundation of SW Washington Community Health Plan of Washington

Community House

Consumer Voices Are Born Council for the Homeless

Cowlitz County Health and Human Services Cowlitz Family Health Center Cowlitz Indian Tribe

Cowlitz On the Move Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Council of Governments Educational Opportunities for Children & Families

Educational Service District 112

Flash Love

Foundation for Healthy Generations

Free Clinic of Southwest Washington

Kaiser Permanente

Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center

Lifeline Connections

Longview Housing Authority

Lower Columbia CAP

Lower Columbia College

Lower Columbia Head Start Molina Health Care

National Alliance on Mental Health Illness

New Day Dental

Northwest Seventh Day Adventist

Church Health Ministries Nonprofit Network of Southwest Washington

Pathways 2020

PeaceHealth Prevent!

Prevention Alliance

Providence Health and Services

Regional Health Alliance

Safe Routes to School National Partnership

SeaMar Community Health Centers

Skamania County Community Health

Support for Early Learning and Families

Southwest Behavioral Health

Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council

Vancouver Housing Authority

Vancouver Public Schools

Wahkiakum County Health and Human Services

Washington State University Extension

Washington State University Vancouver

YMCA Vancouver

Ex Officio: Washington State Department of Health

Local efforts can’t overcome every systemic or policy barrier, so we connect those efforts to a regional collective impact infrastructure designed to support local efforts.

HLC Prioritizes Collective Impact Structure and Community Based Engagement and Prevention

Community Health

Workers

A Community Health

Worker (CHW) is a

frontline public health

worker who is a trusted

member of or has an

unusually close

understanding of the

community served. This

trusting relationship

enables the CHW to

serve as a liaison/link/

intermediary between

health/social services

and the community to

facilitate access to

services and improve

the quality and cultural

competence of service

delivery.

A CHW also builds

individual and commu-

nity capacity by in-

creasing health

knowledge and self-

sufficiency through a

range of activities such

as outreach, communi-

ty education, informal

counseling, social sup-

port and advocacy.

The Neighborhood Project of CHWs currently spans Rose Village in Vancouver, South Kelso, and Wahkiakum County.

SW Community Health Advocates and Peer Support (CHAPS) - Peer Network

Networking and sharing resources

Promoting professional and workforce development opportunities

Advocating for the community

Raising awareness among local systems of care about the value that local

CHW activities add to these systems

Community Health Worker Neighborhood Project

Recruiting natural helpers from the neighborhood or rural

communities (Rose Village, South Kelso, and Wahkiakum County)

Training the recruited team in core Community Health Worker (CHW)

competencies and supports their ongoing meetings and

activities

Building community capacity by creating more effective linkages

between communities and systems; providing health education and

information; and assisting and advocating for underserved individuals

HLC Prioritizes Collective Impact Structure and Community Based Engagement and Prevention

Community Connections: Since its inception, HLC partners have recognized that cross-sector data is essential to achieving collective impact. To incubate a structure for cross-sector data sharing, HLC contracted with the Center for Outcomes Research and Education (CORE) to conduct a readiness assessment and to receive technical assistance in early design efforts. The outcome of this incubation work is a Learning System that will be hosted, cultivated and nurtured by the community. Designed collaboratively with community input, this dataset will bridge health care, housing, education and criminal justice data for the purpose of identifying at-risk populations developing innovative, multi-sector solutions together.