August 2023 Partner Convening: Building Bridges For Collective Action
This collection features recordings, presentation slides and resources that were shared at the 2023 August partner convening.
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.
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Measuring Well-Being
This collection introduces the well-being survey and Cantril’s Ladder of Life Evaluation
Thriving as a North Star for Community Well-Being
This collection introduces the importance of measuring well-being and how well-being is tied to health outcomes.
Featured Resources
Catalyzing Change: Well-Being Measures and Indigenous Indicators | Recording | January 2024 Partner Convening: The HeART of Transformation
This is a recording of the Catalyzing Change: Well-Being Measures and Indigenous Indicators Session which took place at the January 2024 Partner Convening: The ...
Partner Highlight: The Omni Center – NWYS | Recording | January 2024 Partner Convening: The HeART of Transformation
This is a recording of the Northwest Youth Services’s partner highlight, featuring the Omni Center presented by Remy Styrk which occurred during our Jan...
Taanvi Arekapudi | Recording | January 2024 Partner Convening: The HeART of Transformation
This is a recording of Tannvi Arekapudi’s presentation which took place during our Turning Adversity into Action Session at the January 2024 Partner Conve...
March Network Learning Session (Slides): Birth Equity – Beyond The Doctor’s Office
These are the slides for our March Network Learning Session. We learned about Birth Equity and what we can do beyond beyond the doctor’s office as communi...
March Network Learning Session (Recording): Birth Equity – Beyond the Doctor’s Office
This is a recording of the March network learning session. This March, we learned about birth equity. We learned about our current state of in the North Sound r...
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...
Birth Doulas FAQ – Washington State Department of Health
In this resource, you will find frequently asked question about birth doula work, certification and education requirements and how to get started on that vocati...
Article: Black, Native infants in King County die at higher rate than white babies – Seattle Times
This resource delves into the challenges surrounding infant mortality in King County, highlighting significant disparities and the urgent need for comprehensive...
Report: Washington State Maternal Mortality Review Panel: Maternal Deaths 2017–2020
In this resource, you will find policy and funding recommendations from the Maternal Mortality Review Panel (MMRP) established by the Washington State Legislatu...
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...
The Belonging Barometer: The State Of Belonging In America
“Belonging is a fundamental human need, and one that is linked to many of the most complex challenges of our time. The Center for Inclusion and Belonging ...
Podcast | Shelterforce: Essential Reporting on Affordable Housing
“For effective and inclusive community planning, it’s important that community development groups and local governments work closely with residents who ...
Video: Roots of Empathy | Impacts Around the World
For more information or to sign up to participate, please contact Sara Airoldi, Whatcom Roots of Empathy Program Manager at sairoldi@rootsofempathy.org“
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...
O.U.R Journey | Embracing The Heart and Soul of Our Youth
“Helping gang affected youth open their heart, mind and soul through self empowerment and healing to thrive with self respect and confidence back to lovin...
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...
Slide Deck | Beyond Integration: Recovery Coaching & Lived Experience | January 2024 Partner Convening
Slides from the session Beyond Integration: Recovery Coaching & Lived Experience during our January 2024 Partner Convening
Slide Deck | Catalyzing Change: Well-Being Measurement and Indigenous Indicators | January 2024 Partner Convening
Slides from the session, Catalyzing Change: Well-Being Measurement and Indigenous Indicators at our January 2024 Partner Convening
THE CASE FOR EVERYDAY DEMOCRACY | Excerpts | Milenko Matanovič
Here you will find principles developed by Milenko Matanovič for any community to utilize to promote “Everyday Democracy”.
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
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...
Frequent Users Services Enhancement ‘FUSE’ Initiative New York City FUSE II Evaluation Report
“Housing instability/homelessness increases risk for incarceration and, conversely, incarceration increases the risk for homelessness. To address these ri...
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...
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...
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...
Guidelines for Successful Transition of People with Mental or Substance Use Disorders from Jail and Prison: Implementation Guide
The purpose of Guidelines for Successful Transition of People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders from Jail and Prison: Implementation Guide is to provide b...
Short-term Strategies to Improve Reentry of Jail Populations: Expanding and Implementing the APIC Model
“Almost all jail inmates will leave correctional settings and return to the community. Inadequate transition planning puts jail inmates, who entered the j...
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.
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...
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community didgʷálič Wellness Center
“The didgʷáličWellness Center, which is owned and operated by the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, provides out-patient treatment services for trib...
Designing for Social Systems | Lummi Tribal Health Center
“On Washington State’s northernmost coast resides the Lummi People, a sovereign indigenous nation of approximately 6,600 people. For the past several ye...
Minnesota: Carceral Colonialism: Imprisonment in Indian Country | States of Incarceration.
“Settler colonialism has involved denying Native people sovereignty and access to land and resources. It has also produced high rates of incarceration of ...
Whatcom County Justice Project Needs Assessment
“For decades, Whatcom County has struggled to strike a balance between prevention and incarceration in its approach to public safety. From the early days ...
NWRC | Jail Health Program – Whatcom County Jail
The Northwest Regional Council (NWRC) was created as a “grassroots” organization. Our roots go deep into our local region, building on the ideas, values, an...
Suicide in Local Jails and State and Federal Prisons, 2000–2019 – Statistical Tables
These statistical tables present data from the Mortality in Correctional Institutions collection, through which the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) obtained ...
Incarceration Trends in Washington Fact Sheet
Since 1970, the rate of incarceration in America has expanded more than fourfold, and the United States leads the world in locking people up. Many places in Ame...
Washington State Juvenile Detention 2020 Annual Report
“This report was written in response to House Bill (HB) 2449, which was passed in 2016 and, among other things, requires an annual statewide juvenile dete...
Behavioral Health Needs of Jail Inmates in Washington State
This report describes the characteristics of 123,240 individuals booked into jail in 2013 who were recent or former clients of the Washington State Department ...
Protecting Immigrant Rights: Is Washington’s Law Working? | University of Washington Center for Human Rights
“2019’s Keep Washington Working (KWW) Act and 2020’s Courts Open to All Act (COTA) place Washington state at the forefront of national efforts to prot...
County evaluates jail medical care (Article)
This article from GoSkagit, talks about how providing adequate medical care in a jail has proven to be a challenge for counties throughout the country. Two year...
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...
Website – Whatcom Perinatal Mental Health Task Force
Connecting with parents, caregivers, and professionals to raise community awareness about the tender time of becoming a new parent, what perinatal mood and anxi...
2023 August Partner Convening: Network Open Space Options
During our August 2023 Partner Convening, the attendees got to sit at different tables that facilitated discussions about different topics that the Network has ...
Mobile Mama – Partner Presentation Slides
Whatcom County Health & Community Services Department’s Mobile Mama, partner project presentation. for people are interested in learning more they can...
Slides: Charting The Course Together
Slides from our Charting The Course Together presentation.
Review of Findings: Behavioral Health Inequities & Disparities in WA State from a Behavioral Health Community Perspective
In response to inequities in behavioral health access and disparities in behavioral health outcomes, the Washington State Legislature funded the Health Care Aut...
August 2023 Partner Convening: Building Bridges for Collective Action | Slides
These are the slides from the August 2023 Partner Convening: Building Bridges for Collective Action.
WIN (Well-Being in the Nation Measures) Network Website
WIN (Well-Being in the Nation Measures) Network on website. This website was mentioned during the presentation of Somava Saha, MD, MS. during our August 2023 Pa...
Measure and Improve DEI in Your Organization
A free e-book by Clear Impact. This guide, the first of many (and a work in progress), proposes internal measures of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as tools f...
Slide Deck: Community Health Workers – Promoting Health and Strengthening Communities
Here is the slide deck that was shared during the Community Health Workers – Promoting Health and Strengthening Communities learning session.
MDPI: Promotoras de Salud in a Father-Focused Nutrition and Physical Activity Program for Border Communities: Approaches and Lessons Learned from Collaboration
This manuscript’s purpose is to describe how to engage and collaborate with promotoras in a father-focused, family-centered program for Latino families living...
CDC: Course – Promoting Policy and Systems Change to Expand Employment of Community Health Workers (CHWs)
This course is designed to provide state programs and other stakeholders with basic knowledge about Community Health Workers (CHWs), such as official definition...
CDC: Addressing Chronic Disease through Community Health Workers
This document provides guidance and resources for implementing recommendations to integrate community health workers (CHWs) into community-based efforts to prev...
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...
CHW Networks in the North Sound Region
Whatcom Community Health Worker’s Network page, with resources on meetings and opportunities to connect with fellow CHWs.
Community Health Workers: Evidence of Their Effectiveness
Existing studies on CHWs focus on assessing their effectiveness in improving health outcomes, reducing healthcare costs, and bridging the gap in health disparit...
Before Maslow’s Hierarchy: The Whitewashing of Indigenous Knowledge
Maslow’s renowned model—a story of systemic racism, Western epistemology (or ways of knowing), and the forced invisibility of Indigenous knowledge.
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...
Race, Ethnicity, Language, and Disability (REALD) Implementation
REALD is a type of demographic information, like age, marital status, employment and more. REALD stands for race, ethnicity, and language, disability. In 2020, ...
Washington Environmental Health Disparities Map
The Washington Environmental Health Disparities Map is an interactive mapping tool that compares communities across our state for environmental health dispariti...
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...
Suspending Damage: A Letter to Communities
Written by Eve Tuck, State University of New York, published in the Harvard Educational Review in 2009. In this open letter, Eve Tuck calls on communities, rese...
Reimagining Data – learning session recording
Recording of the October learning session, Reimagining Data, supported by the Equity Cohort. Part of the Advancing a Just and Inclusive Culture series. With pan...
Reimagining Data – learning session slide deck
PDF of the slides from the October learning session, Reimagining Data. This session was part of the Advancing a Just and Inclusive Culture series.
Do No Harm Guide: Additional Perspectives on Data Equity
This report explains how data practitioners have historically fallen short in data collection, application, and representation, leading to lasting harm and dist...
A Community-Centered Approach to Data Sharing and Policy Change: Lessons for Advancing Health Equity
Report produced by Center for Health Care Strategies, highlighting key lessons to inform data-sharing partnerships between community-based organizations, state ...
Trends and Geographical Variation in Population Thriving, Struggling and Suffering Across the USA, 2008–2017: a Retrospective Repeated Cross-Sectional Study
The percentage of the US population thriving increased from 2008 to 2017 while the percentage suffering remained unchanged. Marked geographical variation exists...
Seven Vital Conditions for Health and Well-Being
This Community Commons collection introduces the Seven Vital Conditions for Well-Being.
Exploratory Measures for Belonging and Civic Muscle
This Community Commons collection describes ways to measure Belonging & Civic Muslce.
Americans’ Life Ratings Reach Record High
This July 2021 article indicates that the percentage of Americans who evaluate their lives well enough to be considered “thriving” on Gallup’s...
Life Ratings Among Black Americans Erode During Trump Era
This article from Gallup discusses how the results from the 2020 life evaluation shows that Black Americans self-evaluation of thriving has decreased from 2008 ...
Aligning Systems with Communities to Advance Equity through Shared Measurement: Guiding Principles
To break down silos and effectively address inequities, systems must work together with each other and with community members to collectively align their action...
Data Sovereignty: 9/25/19 Webinar
This webinar explains the concept of data sovereignty, discusses data sovereignty in terms of Medicaid Transformation in Washington, and considers next steps fo...
Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) Measurement Guide
This guide describes how performance will be measured for all accountable entities participating in the Medicaid Transformation effort, via the Transformation t...
Health Care Data 101
This informational guide introduces non-health sector professionals to health care data. This guide answers questions on topics such as health care data collect...
Good for Health, Good for Business: The Case for Measuring Patient Experience of Care
This brief outlines the clinical and business benefits of measuring and addressing patient experience of care, and offers messages for conveying this informatio...
Measuring Well-Being of Older Adult Clients and Community Members
This toolkit provides guidance for community-based organizations on how to use the Adult Well-Being Assessment (AWA). The AWA is a practical and easy-to-use met...
Issue Briefs to Inform Development and Implementation of Healthy People 2030
This report presents a compilation of issue briefs to help inform and provide recommendations for developing and implementing national health promotion and dise...
Population Well-Being Measures Help Explain Geographic Disparities In Life Expectancy At The County Level
Although race and socioeconomic disparities contribute greatly to geographic disparities in life expectancy, they do not fully explain the differences in life e...
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