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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 […]
Equity
Equity: Important Now More Than Ever
Last summer we were getting ready to launch our first communities of practice, and had several conversations that retrenchment was just around the corner for investments in equity-focused work. A lot of organizations added DEI staff after the murder of George Floyd in 2020. By early 2023, many of those organizations were already walking back […]
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 […]
Apple Health extended coverage to end
During the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), the Health Care Authority (HCA) extended coverage for all Apple Health (Medicaid) clients. This extension is now ending due to the Consolidated Appropriation Act (CAA) of 2023, and clients’ extended coverage will be affected. The HCA estimates 300,000 clients around the state may no longer qualify for Apple […]
Collaborative Action Network: Aspirations and Actions
I am often asked the rationale behind the common agreements that we have asked all partners to commit to. For those who aren’t familiar with them they are linked here. Since 2014, when leaders from across five counties and eight tribal nations formed what is now North Sound ACH, the underlying focus on advancing equity has […]
