Complementary initiatives in the community

The REACH 2010 (Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health) is an 86-member CDC-funded community-based coalition focusing on eliminating diabetes-related disparities in King County. It focuses on African-American, Hispanic/Latino and Asian-American/Pacific-Islander populations with its culturally-competent intervention plan.

The King County Asthma Forum, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Allies Against Asthma Program, Medicaid and local government, has 70 organizational members. It is implementing an community action plan that reduces the impact of asthma among low-income children through in-home support, improving the quality of asthma care, supporting schools and childcare providers in managing asthma, and assisting neighborhood asthma committees address asthma in their communities.


The King County Physical Activity Coalition supports initiatives promoting physical activity. The Coalition consists of more than 15 local government agencies, schools, academic institutions, health care organizations and other organizations.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Steps to a HealthierUS

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