Community Health Cohort Pilot

Award Amount: Estimated minimum of $5,000 per organization (Board discretion for additional amounts) for participation in collaborative and strategic work.

Purpose: Invite organizations to work together to solve persistent community problems through collaborative and strategic work, leading to community-level action supported by organizational work and sector leadership.

Strategic Priority Areas:

• Healthy starts for children: Support for Healthy Children's Fund implementation and community/provider-readiness
• Youth Mental Health: Advancing the Connecting Care recommendations
• Aging Well Whatcom: Advancing the Aging Well Blueprint
• Civic Belonging and Engagement: Building grassroots capacity and movement-building
• Opioid Response and Supports: Advancing the All-Hands Whatcom recommendations

Cohort Activities:

• Review community recommendations for action
• Consider innovative approaches
• Establish/support community learning agendas
• Discuss opportunities for collaboration on shared goals
• Move from plans on paper to catalyzing community and organizational actions

Expectations for Participating Organizations:

• Active participation in meetings (schedule to be established at first convening)
• Willingness to work iteratively and learn openly with colleagues
• Passion and excitement for collaboration toward transformative work
• Willingness to participate in a pilot and help establish guidelines and process in partnership with the Foundation
• Shared fundraising/grant-writing assistance provided as needed

Geographic Scope: Whatcom County, Washington

Contact Information:

• Phone: 360-671-3349
• Email: info@chuckanuthealthfoundation.org
• Address: 1500 Cornwall Ave, Bellingham, WA 98225