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Local Place-Based Partnerships as a Pathway to Health Equity

27 Sep 2024

Shifting from a programmatic to a more holistic approach: Backbone organizations and partners with local context have a broader commitment to the community and have a longer-term time horizon to build trust and make progress in the community and the partnership. [...] I hope the stories and models I highlight can help inform this convergence of physical and human capital solutions at the place-based level to improve the health and well-being for the adults and children who live in the nation’s historically underserved communities. [...] Leaders of the Unity Council (Oakland, CA) met weekly with partners to align and coordinate given the needs of the community and the new roles and resources the Unity Council was helping to distribute. [...] Local CBOs and partnerships with a strong, well-functioning backbone entity can lead the convergence of physical and human capital solutions at the place-based level to improve health and well-being for the adults and children who live in the nation’s historically underserved communities. [...] I hope these stories and models can help inform the dialogue on place-based work and the importance of connecting across sectors to improve the health and well-being of children, families, and communities across the country.

Authors

Aleks Czulak

Pages
37
Published in
United States of America

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