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Potluck for Democracy

Potluck for Democracy is a toolkit that helps neighbors from different backgrounds come together across differences to recognize each other’s humanity and...

Embracing an Ecosystem of Complexity

North Sound ACH staff created this poster for the Othering & Belonging Conference, held in Oakland, CA from April 11-13, 2024. The poster visualizes a commu...

Distressed Communities Index

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

Wallet Card: Trusted Messaging

This is a printable wallet card for community health workers, from the Council for Quality Health Communication, for quick tips on messaging for trust in health...

Triumph Fashion Show

Video from the Fashion Show fundraiser, for the Triumph Teen Life Center in Mount Vernon, WA.

Triumph Teen Life Center

This center provides a range of services aimed at empowering teens and fostering community well-being through various supportive programs.

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.

Interactive Aids Quilt

This interactive platform allows users to explore the AIDS Memorial Quilt, honoring the lives lost to AIDS through personalized quilt panels.

Green Schoolyards America

This is an organization with a mission to increase tree canopy on K-12 school grounds, manage schoolyard forests, and promote outdoor education.

Say This, Not That!

In this resource you will find 30 popular phrases and their shockingly racist historical meanings.

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 ...

Discover Passes | Free Checkout Program

In this Resource, you will find the Check Out Washington is a program. Which allows users to check out a special Discover Pass at their local library. Library c...

Fridie Outdoors | Website

“Fridie Outdoors is a Portland-based startup that educates and helps to get people comfortable with hiking and camping.” In this resource you will f...

North Cascades Wild Church | Website

This is the website for North Cascades Wild Church. This group gathers in nature to foster spiritual connection and community bonds. Through contemplative pract...

Glacier Peak Institute | Website

This is Glacier Peak Institute’s website. This organization connects rural youth with their environment through outdoor adventures, hands-on projects, and...

The Bronze Chapter | Website

In this resource you will find, The Bronze Chapter. Which is all about making the outdoors more accessible and inclusive for communities of color. They offer pr...

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...

Project Girl Mentoring Program

“Project Girl Mentoring Program is a non profit organization providing mentoring, educational and social activities to young women throughout Snohomish Co...

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. ...

Black Coalition For Safe Motherhood

The Black Coalition for Safe Motherhood (BCFSM™) is an organization focused on healthcare advocacy education in the Black community. BCFSM™ empowers Black b...

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...

Report: 2021 March of Dimes Report Card

This resource discusses the March of Dimes Report Card, providing insights into the current state of maternal and infant health across the U.S., including state...

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...

Before I – Remy Styrk

Before I , a film by Remy Styrk, screened during our January 2024 Partner Convening. “These are the stories of what it means to be the hope and the dream ...

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...

Taanvi Arekapudi

Taanvi Arekapudi, a 14-year-old living in the North Sound, is the author of the international Best-Seller, “Uplift Teens Today: Coping Strategies for Ment...

PROJECT LETS | Resource

“Project LETS is a national grassroots organization and movement led by and for folks with lived experience of mental illness/madness, Disability, trauma,...

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...

Envision Equity: Resource Page

Envision Equity’s resource page is continually updated with CHW-curated content to support CCR-2109 programs, including CHWs, allies, and partners. With m...

American Public Health | CHW Page

The APHA Community Health Workers Section actively promotes the voice of community health workers within health care and public health systems and in communitie...

Skagit County: North Star Project

This resource outlines the North Star Project which aims to better align resources and services to address the complex behavioral health and homelessness challe...

Washington Low-Income Housing Alliance

As a statewide champion for housing, the Washington Low Income Housing Alliance is a coalition of diverse organizations and individuals working together to buil...

Nonprofit VOTE

This webpage provides nonprofits with nonpartisan tools and resources to help the communities they serve participate in voting and democracy.

Coalition Checklist

This resource is designed to guide organizations through the process of forming and working in coalition. It includes information about common forms of coalitio...

Washington Voter Registration

This guide outlines Washington state voter registration law, including deadlines, photo ID requirements, and voter registration drives.

¡Échale Ganas!

This story is about an organic farmer named Javier Zamora, who was born in Michoacán, Mexico, immigrated to the United States when he was 20 years old, and the...

Pathways to Population Health Equity

Pathways to Population Health Equity offers a framework, roadmaps, compass, and associated tools for public health practitioners to build a more prepared, resil...

Inclusive Language Guide

Our language must continually evolve with our understanding and acceptance of diverse groups of people. This booklet aims to guide us… in the quest to com...

Multilingual Resources on COVID-19

This blog post contains fact sheets, posters, multimedia resources, and links to live updates in multiple languages about COVID-19, its symptoms, and how to pre...

Greater than COVID Digital Toolkit

Doctors, nurses, researchers and community healthcare workers provide facts and dispel misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines in this FAQ video series.

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...

BIPOC Provider Perspectives

This video collection of stories shares Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) health practitioner perspectives. This collection was created by Mónica ...

BIPOC Patient Perspectives

This video collection of stories shares Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOD) patient perspectives. This collection was created by Mónica Koller, MS O...

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.

Rural Transportation Toolkit

This toolkit compiles promising models, resources, and tools to support organizations implementing transportation programs in rural communities across the Unite...

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....

Gender-Affirming Pediatric Care Toolkit

Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) children, adolescents, and their families are increasingly seeking out pediatricians and mental health providers for educat...

National Diabetes Prevention Program

This website is part of the National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP), which aims to lower the risk of type 2 diabetes through evidence-based lif...

Street Medicine Institute

The Street Medicine Institute (SMI) facilitates and enhances the direct provision of health care to the unsheltered homeless where they live. SMI does this by p...

PACT (Program of Assertive Treatment)

This website describes PACT (Program of Assertive Treatment), located in Bellingham. PACT is a multidisciplinary team of medical professionals including ARNPs, ...

GRACE and LEAD Programs

Ground-Level Response and Coordinated Engagement (GRACE) program provides intensive support to people who are frequent users of emergency medical services (EM...

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...

Fuego en el Paraíso

Documental de Frontline (PBS) sobre el incendio de Campamento en California en noviembre de 2018, en el que se destaca la complejidad de prepararse para eventos...

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...

What is Health Equity

While the term health equity is used widely, a common understanding of what it means is lacking. What is health equity? By the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Equity Manifesto

The Equity Manifesto by Policy Link. Includes definition and explanation of equity as seen by Policy Link and partners.

North Sound Monkeypox virus resources

Compiled by North Sound ACH staff, a collection of Tribal, state, county, and other public health resources and anti-stigma literature. Updated weekly.

Mount Baker Presbyterian Ministry Update

Kevin Riley of Mount Baker Presbyterian Church describes community outreach efforts including addressing homelessness with a cold weather shelter, COVID vaccina...

Creating the Future

Creating the Future is a collection of people around the world, supporting each other in a 10 year experiment in systems change, to determine how much more huma...

#I Can Help

A digital resource to transform how current and future generations of students use social media and digital technology in everyday life to make a positive impac...

Shout Your Abortion

Shout Your Abortion is normalizing abortion and elevating safe paths to access, regardless of legality. SYA makes resources, campaigns, and media intended to ar...

Sex, Race, and Politics in the U.S.

This publication was conceptualized and written in collaboration between the Women of Color Sexual Health Network (WoCSHN) – an online-based, collective organ...

Clergy couple share lived experience

This article describes the experience of a Sedro Wooley, Washington clergy couple overcoming addiction to help the local community. Featuring Kevin and Danielle...

Work2BeWell

Work2BeWell is a direct response to community requested resources after a rise in teen suicides in the Pacific Northwest. Answering the call, former Executive D...

Indigenous Knowledge Library

Indigenous knowledge—also known as traditional knowledge—refers to information, meanings, purposes, and values that Indigenous peoples have gathered, concep...

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,...

Elevate Health podcast

Elevate Health, the accountable community of health (ACH) for Pierce County in Washington state, has a podcast with regional guests to provide listeners with ac...

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...

National Research Center

This website houses the National Research Center (NRC) at Polco, which gives local governments and other public sector organizations the data they need to make ...

Community Coalition Instagram

This post shares information about a COVID-19 and Public Health Discussion through the organization Community Coalition.

COVID-19 Response

This website provides event information, resources, response funds, and public policies related to pandemic response in California.

5 Ways to Be an Ally During COVID-19

This article outlines 5 steps to being more of an ally to people and students during COVID-19 and beyond, from acknowledging privilege to sharing power and oppo...

A Great Divide: LA Equity Index

This resource highlights equity (or the lack thereof) in Los Angeles and maps out important factors that contribute to this challenge, including socioeconomic, ...

COVID-Nomics Mapping

This interactive tool maps coronavirus socioeconomic disparities in LA. It offers exploration by COVID-19 cases, vulnerable renters, proportion of people uninsu...

Do salmon have rights?

This article describes a legal battle between Seattle and the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe alleging that the city’s hydroelectric dams violate the native salmon...

Basic Needs: Public Health

Public health protects and promotes good health, with special attention to those at elevated risk of poor health.

Humane Housing

People are able to thrive when they have safe, stable places to live.

Basic Needs: Food

Physical and mental well-being starts with access to fresh air, clean water, and nutritious food.

Rural Transportation Toolkit

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

Active Transportation Policy Hub

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy’s Active Transportation Policy Hub is a search tool to empower transportation advocates, legislators, government officials and the...

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,...

Shared Stewardship in Health Care

The guide describes how all members of the health care workforce can act as leaders to ensure all people can reach their full potential. The guide introduces th...

LGBTQ+ Health Equity Library

LGBTQ+ people belong everywhere. They deserve to live open, authentic lives without fear of discrimination, harassment, judgement, or violence. Despite decades ...

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...

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...

AAMC Guide to COVID-19 Tests and Testing

This guide focuses on the role of COVID-19 tests in surveilling and controlling the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides answers to commonly asked quest...

Pronouns Usage Among LGBTQ Youth

This brief uses data from the Trevor Project’s 2020 National Survey on LGBTQ+ Youth Mental Health to further explore pronoun usage among LGBTQ youth. The brie...

COVID-19 Testing Communications Toolkit

This website is intended to help people communicate the importance of COVID-19 testing. It provides various tutorials and materials to help clearly educate indi...

Coronavirus and Latino Health Equity

This website contains a curated collection by Salud America! of culturally relevant stories, infographics, webinars, and other resources on the COVID-19 pandemi...

CLOUD Opioid Library

This webpage features a searchable library of curated, evidence-based resources on opioids and the opioid crisis.

GLSEN Pronoun Guide

This guide was created to help people in school communities, like students and teachers, learn how to use people’s correct pronouns. The goal of this guide is...

POC Gatherings

North Sound ACH supports a space for dialogue for people of color (POC) as they navigate their individual and collective wellbeing. This is a virtual meeting sp...

North Sound Indigenous Futurity Alliance

The North Sound Indigenous Futurity Alliance is dedicated to supporting young leaders in the North Sound region while specifically holding space for the voices ...

There’s Heart Here

This video follows three indigenous members of the Two Spirit and LGBTQ community as they journey toward self-acceptance, supportive healthcare, and communities...

Democracy in Action: Election 2020

This webpage provides a compilation of resources on registering to vote, interacting with and assessing candidates, understanding ballots, and ensuring that the...

Safety Net Dental Clinic Manual

This manual is designed to help safety net dental clinic staff with all aspects of clinic development and ongoing operations, including facilities and staffing,...

Community Paramedicine

This webpage provides background information, resources, links to organizations and upcoming events, and information about community paramedicine models and inn...

Opioid Prescriptions Dashboards – ACH

These dashboards contain overdose and prescription data for the state of Washington. They track indicators on opioid prescriptions, overdose deaths, and overdos...

Take Back Your Meds

This website is dedicated to helping people dispose of their unwanted medications with the goal to decrease the number of accidental poisonings occurring in the...

WA Tribal Opioid Solutions

This campaign funded by the Washington State Health Care Authority and was designed to inform and educate Tribal communities about the dangers of prescription d...

Provider Toolkit

This webpage is intended help educators, health providers, nonprofits, and other partners use the Starts with One campaign in their communities. It contains a t...

StopOverdose.org

This website is a project of the Center for Drug Safety and Services Education (CDSSE) at the University of Washington Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute ...

June 5 Webinar: Trauma Informed Care FAQ

This document provides answers to frequently asked questions about trauma-informed care, including how providers can cope with burnout, how to make the case for...

Medicaid Data Update, September 2020

This document highlights important findings across Medicaid project areas, including emergency department utilization, care coordination and diversion intervent...

Six Building Blocks Model (Opioids)

This brief introduces the Six Building Blocks, a team-based intervention for improving opioid prescribing and management. It includes six key work areas that cl...

Mobile-Portable Dental Care

This document provides an overview of mobile dental clinics and their role in helping address dental care needs for populations with limited access.

Dental Health Aid Therapists (DHATs)

This document provides an overview of the Dental Health Aide Therapists model and how it can address barriers in dental care in American Indian and Alaska Nativ...

Oral Health in Primary Care Integration

This brief introduces the Oral Health Delivery Framework, a conceptual framework for how to engage patients and families, and to make oral health preventive car...

Collaborative Care Model Brief

This brief focuses on collaborative care, a patient-centered approach that builds on the existing relationship between healthcare providers and patients with me...

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 ...

Tribal Sovereignty Contextualization

This brief is to serve as an opportunity to continue the necessary contextual tribal learning focused on understanding tribal sovereignty, and to identify next ...

LGBTQ Youth Health Equity Data Brief

This report reviews data from 2018 surveys of 10th grade students in Washington on mental health, substance use, abuse, harassment, and bullying. It provides in...

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...

Targeted Universalism: Equity 2.0

This presentation from john a. powell from 2016 outlines the concept of Targeted Universalism through a series of graphics and examples. 

Achieving Equitable Outcomes for All

What is Targeted Universalism? Across people and places, vast disparities continue to exist in our nation—from health outcomes to education, to economic oppor...

didgʷálič Wellness Center

The didgʷálič Wellness Center is an organization that seeks to improve the health and wellness of all individuals suffering from substance use disorders and ...

Humane Housing and COVID-19

Safe, stable housing has long been a pressing concern among those who steward health and well-being. Humane housing is a central tenet of how much a family is a...

Blueprint for a National Food Strategy

The Blueprint for a National Food Strategy examines the need for a cohesive national approach to food system regulation through legal and scholarly research.

Gather

“Gather,” co-produced by Illumine Film and First Nations Development Institute, outlines the revitalization and re-creation of Indigenous food systems in No...

Racial Equity Impact Assessment

This document provides an overview of Racial Equity Impact Assessments (REIA), how they are used, why they are needed, when they should be conducted, and what t...

Putting Equity At The Center

This paper makes the case for why collective impact initiatives must address inequity to be successful. It highlights a range of Opportunity Youth Forum (OYF) e...

Land Acknowledgement Brief

This brief explains the importance of land acknowledgements in building relationships with tribes, upholding tribal sovereignty, and recognizing the history of ...

Care Coordination Toolkit

This toolkit is part of a series of toolkits that is intended to educate the general public about accountable care organizations (ACOs) and to support current a...

Commons Good Podcast: Liz Baxter

Health happens in communities, in the spaces where we congregate, live, and work; where children go to school and play; and where we seek care and services. Nor...

The America We Need

This interactive series of articles from the New York Times showcases the challenges COVID-19 has revealed and the opportunities for reimagining our future toge...

Targeted Universalism

This short animated video explains the concept of targeted universalism and explains the difference between targeted universalism and more traditional policy ap...

Health Equity and COVID-19

How we will experience coronavirus was in large part shaped before the pandemic. The policies and systems we inherited have had significant influence on the env...

Commons Good Podcast: Parisa Parsa

The Local Voices Network (LVN) is fueled by ordinary people sharing their voices in small-group, in-person discussions led by experienced conversation hosts in ...

Communities WIN

Communities WIN is a community guide for dialogue and action. It is designed to help local leaders, as stewards, work together with others to transform their co...