Columbia Gorge Region, Oregon and Washington: 2016 RWJF Culture of Health Prize Winner
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Describes how the communities within the Columbia Gorge region took a collaborative approach by developing a 15-member community advisory committee that included Medicaid recipients and Latino residents. Top concerns addressed by this committee were food, housing, jobs and transportation, along with improved access to dental and mental health, and better coordination among social services and healthcare providers. Projects included expanding the use and training of community health workers (CHWs) to assist Latino residents when navigating programs outside of healthcare and the development of a fruit and vegetable prescription program to support increased intake of healthy foods. A collective impact specialist was hired to help solve community problems through collaborative efforts, and to find grants and other sources of funding to support their projects. Columbia Gorge Region is a recipient of the 2016 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Culture of Health Prize.
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2016
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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Access · Community health workers · Employment and unemployment · Food security and nutrition · Housing and homelessness · Human services · Mental health · Networking and collaboration · Oral health · Transportation · Oregon · Washington