Recently celebrating 10 years in the community, the perinatal therapy practice Mobile Mama is growing thanks to community support, such as the Collaborative Action Network Review Committee. Mobile Mama provides counseling services from conception through motherhood. In 2017, a group of partners in Whatcom County formed a perinatal mental health task force to build community […]
Network Dispatch: Cultural Alimentos Project
Community-Centered Solutions: Cultural Alimentos Project About to launch phase two of this project, the collaborating organizations – Bellingham Food Bank, Northwest Agricultural Business Center, and Refugee and Immigrant Services NW – have made great strides to increase food security for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and refugee, immigrant, and migrant (RIM) populations! Approved […]
Desfibrilador y Primeros Auxilios – Lopez Island features CPR class in Spanish
In winter 2023, Lopez Island Family Resource Center (LIFRC), United General #304, and La Cima Lopez hosted a Spanish language CPR/AED/First Aid training on Lopez Island. The Hispanic community on Lopez Island shared with Karina E. Cerda Aguirre, who works with LIFRC, that there was a great need to have this type of knowledge, due to […]
‘Listens’ team helps community recover
When a natural disaster or other extreme event hits a community, there is often an immediate response – neighbors and strangers donating their time, money, household goods and shelter, jolted into quick action out of compassion. This happened last fall, when Whatcom and Skagit counties experienced catastrophic flooding that impacted thousands of people and displaced […]
North Sound Accountable Community of Health invests in training medical interpreters
Last year, North Sound Accountable Community of Health (North Sound ACH) developed a Language Access Survey (LAS) to collect data on languages spoken in the North Sound region, and to better understand how to support partner organizations in providing culturally- and linguistically-appropriate language services in healthcare and social services. The data collected from the LAS […]