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North Sound ACH

North Sound Accountable Community of Health

North Sound ACH staff

Project Managers Reflect on Partner Site Visits

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Our project managers Lindsay Knaus, Heather McGuinness, and Amanda Robins shared some takeaways from recent partner site visits. From Lindsay:  This summer’s site visits provided a unique opportunity to connect with partner organizations and learn more about their work on the ground-level. Throughout July and August, we met with partners and their teams across the […]

Partner Feature: Island Senior Resources Presents at National Meeting

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By Lindsay Knaus, Project Manager Island Senior Resources presented at this year’s All-In: Data for Community Health National Meeting in Baltimore, MD.  This event is intended to bring data sharing pioneers together to share solutions and accelerate progress toward improved health equity. Island Senior Resources’ director Chasity Smith’s presentation was titled, “Screening for Social Determinants: […]

Community Engagement Training with the Pomegranate Center

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Earlier this month members of our team attended a two-day training with the Pomegranate Center, co-facilitated by Communities of Color Coalition.  The Pomegranate Method provides tools to build collaborative, inclusive, and decisive projects. Our staff learned a process for community planning and decision-making based on productive discussion to drive successful collaboration. Those who attended are […]

Lummi Ceremony for Tibetian Monks

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Members of the North Sound ACH team were honored with an invitation to join a special day with Lummi elders, storytellers and singers, and a group of Tibetan monks who had journeyed to Lummi to join in prayers for the earth. It was an amazing day affirming what binds people together, even when their homelands […]

Snohomish County Releases Report on Opioid Misuse

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released January 9, the Snohomish Health District estimates that between 5,000 and 10,000 people in Snohomish County are suffering from opioid use disorder. It’s likely that another 35,000 to 80,000 people are misusing opioids. “We focused on opioid misuse and opioid use disorder because they are considered the two ends of the spectrum for diagnosable patterns […]