Measurement and Meaning Making

Measuring Well-Being

How measuring well-being can be a north star for transformative change where all people and all places thrive together – no exceptions.

Featured Collections

Measuring Well-Being

This collection introduces the well-being survey and Cantril’s Ladder of Life Evaluation

Featured Resources

MV Mariachi

This program celebrates the cultural heritage and musical traditions of Mariachi, offering education and performance opportunities.

Picture This | Alcatraz

This collection features photographs of the Native American occupation of Alcatraz Island, documenting a pivotal moment in Indigenous activism.

Distressed Communities Index (DCI)

“The Distressed Communities Index (DCI) brings attention to the deep disparities in economic well-being that separate U.S. communities. The latest Census ...

Open Arms Perinatal Services

Open Arms Perinatal Services is an organization that provides community-based support during pregnancy, birth, and early parenting, including doula care, childb...

Shades of Divinity

Shades of Divinity, is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to “promote reproductive justice and equity in Washington state by uplifting BIPOC families. ...

Global Perinatal Services

Global Perinatal is a an organization working to provide support for perinatal and postpartum birthers, their partners. They provide education and connect famil...

The Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA)

“The Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA) is a Black women-led cross-sectoral alliance that centers Black mamas and birthing people to advocate, drive resea...

Video: Roots of Empathy | Intro Video

For more information or to sign up to participate, please contact Sara Airoldi, Whatcom Roots of Empathy Program Manager at sairoldi@rootsofempathy.org“

Website: Roots of Empathy

An inclusive community building that supports children’s well being and breaks intergenerational cycles of violence and neglect. Roots of Empathy can be b...

Matika Wilbur | Website

“Matika Wilbur (Swinomish and Tulalip) is one of the nation’s leading photographers, based in the Pacific Northwest. She earned her BFA from Brooks Inst...

Chelan County Jail & Reentry Program

“The Chelan County Jail and Reentry Program is a holistic approach to reintegration of incarcerated adults into society. Designed to address the complex n...

First Step Act Annual Report

“The First Step Act (FSA or the Act), passed into law in December 2018, was heralded as the culmination of a bipartisan effort to improve criminal justice...

CHART Showing Success in Everett

“CHART (CHronic-Utilizer Alternative Response Team) is a program where people who have been identified as chronic users of emergency services get intensiv...

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...

Tulalip Tribes Elders Panel

“The Tulalip Tribes, Elders Panel is a diversion program for defendants in the Tulalip Tribal Court. The Elders Panel draws on the wisdom and experience ...

Tulalip Tribal Court | Wellness Court

“Tulalip’s Healing to Wellness Court provides the support and resources necessary for our clients to begin living sober lives and reconnecting with thei...

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...

CDC: Policy Evidence Assessment Report

The Policy Evidence Assessment Reports summarize the evidence bases for components of chronic disease policy.  In these reports 14 CHW policy components to ass...

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...

Measuring Mobility from Poverty

What would it take to dramatically increase mobility from poverty?  To answer this question, the US Partnership on Mobility from Poverty gathered a range of in...

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