Resources
Support
In addition to the resources contributed toward this initiative by King County, The Seattle Foundation, community residents & groups, city governments and policy makers, other partners and funders include:
Living Cities
A Seattle Foundation and King County partnership was selected to receive funding for planning activities in the second round of The Integration Initiative through Living Cities. This Initiative supports Communities of Opportunity planning work and draws us into a multi-city initiative that works with cities to reshape programs, policies and resource allocation to achieve enduring change that benefits low-income people.
See press release for more information.
Pacific Hospital Preservation and Development Authority (PHPDA) Aligned Funding
In July, the PHPDA Governing Council voted to allocate $150,000 in 2015 to support health-related activities in the three Communities of Opportunity sites. PHPDA staff and board members have been working closely with representatives from the three sites to make these investments aimed at improving health and reducing disparities.
Documents and links
- COO 2-page fact sheet
- Additional maps of King County by census tract showing some areas of King County consistently rank low on several measures of health and well-being including data sources
Additional resources
- Webinar: Lessons from 500+ Cross-Sector Partnerships
- Community Engagement Spectrum/Continuum, International Association for Public Participation
- Community Rhythms: The Five Stages of Community Life, Dec. 10, 2014 blog post by Mike Wood, The Harwood Institute
- Build Healthy Places Network
- Building a Culture of Health, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- What really makes us healthy? Health beyond Healthcare, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
- What Counts: Harnessing Data for America's Communities, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the Urban Institute
- Webinar: Racial Equity and Community Engagement in Collective Impact. May 1, 2015
- The Seattle Foundation and King County to invest $1.5 million to expand successful community efforts that confront increasing inequity
- How to Create Lively Collective Impact: An Interview with Kirsten Wysen about creating greater health, social, economic and racial equity
- Best Starts for Kids Levy Proposal
Blog posts by Kirsten Wysen, Project Manager, Public Health – Seattle & King County
- Don't Succumb to the Siren Song of Outcomes without the Guidance of a North Star, Sept. 8, 2015
- Run Your City Like a Healthy Body, Oct. 29, 2014
- How to Steer a Collective Impact Initiative through Community Engagement, July 24, 2014