Emerging Focus Areras
Network members continue to identify emerging priorities for learning and action. Current efforts are connected with language access, climate disasters, and youth and emerging leadership development.

Whatcom County | Incarceration Prevention and Reduction Task Force
“The purpose of the Incarceration Prevention and Reduction Task Force is to continually review Whatcom County’s criminal justice and behavioral health p...

September Network Learning Session (Slides): Incarcerated and Justice Involved Equitable Solutions
Slides – Network Learning Session – Incarcerated and Justice Involved Equitable Solutions

Housing First, consumer choice, and harm reduction for homeless individuals with a dual diagnosis
“Current rates of homelessness in New York City are the highest ever documented.1 A small percentage of this population remains chronically homeless, eit...

Best Practices for Engaging the Reentry Population in Health Care | Transition Clinic
“The Transitions Clinic Network (TCN) is a national organization committed to reversing the harms of mass incarceration by eliminating racial health and e...

Diversion & Treatment | Everett Community, Planning & Economic Development
“Everett alternative response programs offer policing and prosecution models proven to reduce recidivism for low-level offenders, as well as offer support...

Grace Program – Whatcom County
“The Whatcom Ground-Level Response and Coordinated Engagement (GRACE) program is a community-based effort to find solutions for individuals who are high u...

LEAD Program Evaluation: Recidivism Report
“This report describes findings from a quantitative analysis comparing outcomes for LEAD participants versus “system-as-usual” control participants on...

Evaluation of the Allegheny County Jail Collaborative Reentry Programs
In 2010 and 2011, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, launched local reentry programs under the auspices of the Bureau of Justice Assistance Second Chance Act Adult...

Cass County/Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Wellness Court Walker, MN | Process, Outcome, and Cost Evaluation Report
This is a report from the Cass County/Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Wellness Court in Walker, MN about their program, CCDWI – Wellness Court.

Ear Hustle (Podcast)
“Ear Hustle launched in 2017 as the first podcast created and produced in prison, featuring stories of the daily realities of life inside California’s S...

The Purple Stethoscope
The Purple Stethoscope podcast is hosted by Devyn Nixon, ARNP. The purpose of the podcast is to promote health literacy and healthcare for the culture.

What’s Different When the Community Collects the Data?
This story discusses nine Massachusetts communities where residents were recruited to conduct an annual study that examines community change and health and how ...

The Endangered Languages Project
Humanity today is facing a massive extinction: languages are disappearing at an unprecedented pace. And when that happens, a unique vision of the world is lost....

FEMA Tools for Practitioners
Use FEMA programs, research, and guidance to improve your community’s ability to prepare and recover.

‘Listens’ team helps community recover
The North Sound Listens team, a partnership of North Sound ACH and the Health Care Authority, provides peer support and crisis counseling to our neighbors impac...

Emergency Preparedness – learning session slide deck
PDF of the slides from the November learning session, Emergency Preparedness. This session was part of the Advancing a Just and Inclusive Culture series.

Emergency Preparedness – learning session recording
Recording of the November learning session, Emergency Preparedness, supported by the Emerging Focus Areas Cohort. Part of the Advancing a Just and Inclusive Cul...

Bolder Advocacy
Resources and expertise to help nonprofits engage in advocacy work. Bolder Advocacy promotes active engagement in democratic processes and institutions by givin...

Fire in Paradise
Frontline (PBS) documentary about the Camp Fire in California in November 2018, highlighting the complexity of preparing for unprecedented events that are now r...

Cooked: Survival by Zip Code
Cooked: Survival by Zip Code tells the story of the tragic 1995 Chicago heatwave, the most traumatic in U.S. history, in which 739 citizens died over the course...

North Sound Cohort Glossary
Glossary of terms helpful for the Collaborative Action Network learning journey, by North Sound ACH.

Coronavirus is not the “great equalizer” many say it is
This article details vast inequities due to coronavirus, including who gets sick and has access to care. It argues that COVID-19 is not the great equalizer some...

Washington Fund Aims to Boost COVID-19 Vaccine Equity In BIPOC, Rural Communities
This article describes how Washington’s new Vaccine Equity Fund partners with community-based organizations to vaccinate communities hit hardest by COVID-19. ...

Virtual Community Engagement Guide: A Toolkit for Hosting Online Community Engagement and Meetings in Rural, Remote, and Indigenous Communities
This toolkit was created to help address common barriers and opportunities of virtual meetings. It is intended to facilitate effective online community events a...

Rural Transportation Toolkit
This toolkit compiles promising models and resources to support organizations implementing transportation programs in rural communities across the United States...

Tribal Public Health and the Law: Selected Resources
This publication by the CDC provides resources related to Tribal Public Health. The resources include general ones related to Indian health policy and tribal pu...

Priorities in Tribal Public Health
This report outlines a series of urgent priorities for strengthening tribal public health, including building community capacity, strengthening local economies,...

Community Health Workers Toolkit
This topic guide provides resources that identify different CHW models, demonstrate effective CHW programs, and outline the issues and challenges to the develop...

Community Paramedicine Brief
This document is adapted from the Rural Health Information Hub’s topic guide on community paramedicine. It provides an overview of community paramedicine ...

Medicaid in Small Towns and Rural America: A Lifeline for Children, Families, and Communities
This report examines how the role of Medicaid has changed over time in the 46 states with small-town and rural populations, and looks at the changing levels of ...

Community Transformation: North Sound Accountable Community of Health’s Journey
“I have an inherent belief that the more we take care of the people in our community, the better our economy and our society will be.” —Liz Baxter...