Vital Conditions
About the Vital Conditions
Network members center the Vital Conditions for Health and Well-being Framework. This collaborative, cross-sector approach to improving community health and well-being is rooted in the essential and interconnected social determinants of health.
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Organizing Around Vital Conditions Moves The Social Determinants Agenda Into Wider Action
Dozens of federal departments, agencies, and institutes published a whole-of-government plan to enhance well-being and justice across the United States – The ...
Advancing Holistic Well-Being Measures
NLC and Oxford embarked on a dual effort aimed at a pilot in metropolitan Atlanta, while also considering a broader set of emerging models spurred by cities and...
Rural Transportation Toolkit
This toolkit compiles promising models, resources, and tools to support organizations implementing transportation programs in rural communities across the Unite...
Who Belongs? EP 36 – Developing a Shared Vocabulary: Introduction to Othering, Bridging, and Belonging
This episode of the podcast series, Who Belongs? interviews UC Berkeley Professor and OBI Director John A. Powell. In this interview, Professor Powell...
It’s Harder To Buy a House. This City Fought Back by Outbidding Corporate Landlords
This story discusses a Cincinnati development agency that is helping tenants buy homes for themselves rather than letting large investors take affordable homes ...
Bolder Advocacy
Resources and expertise to help nonprofits engage in advocacy work. Bolder Advocacy promotes active engagement in democratic processes and institutions by givin...
Sche’lang’en Village – Lummi Nation
In 2022, Children of the Setting Sun Productions showcased a new documentary film series, Tribal Approaches to Wellness. Each of the eight Tribes in the North S...
North Sound Cohort Glossary
Glossary of terms helpful for the Collaborative Action Network learning journey, by North Sound ACH.
Meaningful Work and Wealth
North Sound ACH webinar on meaningful work and wealth, July 21, 2021 Featuring the Center for Inclusive Entrepreneurship and the Tribal Community Health Provide...
Humane Housing
North Sound ACH webinar on Humane Housing, March 31, 2021 In this session, we discussed the historical context behind our nation’s lack of stable housing,...
Basic Needs: Food
North Sound ACH webinar on Basic Needs: Food, October 21, 2020
Meaningful Work & Wealth learning session
Recording of May’s learning session for Advancing a Just and Inclusive Culture, Meaningful Work & Wealth
Meaningful Work & Wealth: Advancing a Just and Inclusive Culture series [slide deck]
Slide deck for the May learning session, Meaningful Work & Wealth.
Remaking the Economy: Closing the Racial Wealth Gap
A webinar hosted by Nonprofit Quarterly and Shelterforce, with four field leaders discussing central questions regarding economic justice, racial justice, and s...
The Big Shift: An Economy Built for Thriving Together
An article in the National Civic Review, written by Bobby Milstein, about the positive forces that could be unleashed if our economic life were truly oriented a...
Well-Being Portfolio
A visual toolkit from the Rippel Foundation for regional leaders to create a balanced and impactful set of policies, programs, and practices to transform well-b...
Prosperity Now 2022 Federal Policy Priorities Brief
Report from Prosperity Now on the federal policies they will focus on in 2022 to create systemic change that allows for everyone, especially low-income, BIPOC c...
Partner Learning Session: Humane Housing
In this session, we discussed the historical context behind our nation’s lack of stable housing, strategies to meet housing needs now, and opportunities t...
Humane Housing as a Vital Condition
Humane Housing is about stable, safe places to live, and living in diverse, vibrant communities that lead to full, productive lives. People are able to thrive w...
As They Take On Food Insecurity, Community-Based Health Care Organizations Have Found Four Strategies That Work
The work of community-based health care organizations across the country has highlighted four strategies that have been central to success in programs aimed at ...
#19: Ensuring a Food Secure Future with Paula Daniels
This podcast focuses on the food system inequities and vulnerabilities that were exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. It features Paula Daniels, co-founder and “...
Systemic Racism Starts and Ends with Housing
Along with standing up against police violence and systemic racism, we must also fight to end housing systems that devalue Black people.
We Are Here: Housing Insecurity in Cincinnati: The Collection
We believe in the power of storytelling and the importance of investing in the future by sharing those stories – whether they are stories of successful commun...