Welcome Edgar Lopez-Baez and Tina Horner
Healthy Gen welcomes Edgar Lopez-Baez as CHW specialist and Tina Horner as CHW specialist – RN. Both will work to develop and support the implementation of the Pathways Community HUB model and other opportunities that support CHW workforce development. Prior to Healthy Gen, Edgar served…
Welcome Paul Getzel, Jennifer Wagner and Jun Chung
Healthy Gen welcomes Paul Getzel as executive director, Jennifer Wagner as marketing and communications manager, and Jun Chung as staff accountant. Prior to joining Healthy Gen, Paul served as deputy executive director at Lifelong, a Seattle-based nonprofit community health organization committed to empowering people living…
Youth Effecting Change in Olympia
More than 200 youth and youth advisors from across Washington met in Olympia on Jan. 15 for Prevention Policy Day, to advocate for prevention issues. Students met with their legislators and policymakers from several districts throughout the state—from Yakima to Seattle—to express the importance of…
Pathways Community HUB: Reducing Health and Social Disparities
Healthy Gen is proud to partner with Accountable Communities of Health to implement Pathways Community HUB model in Washington. The Pathways model reduces health and social disparities in communities by connecting those most at risk to care and tracking the associated outcomes. The Pathways model…
Salishan CHAs Awarded $25,000 Bank of America Foundation Grant
Healthy Gen is proud to have partnered with the Salishan Community Health Advocates (CHAs) to craft a winning proposal for the Bank of America Charitable Foundation’s recent round of community grants. The grant program is focused on economic mobility by addressing community development needs through…
Welcome Phoebe, Director of Practice Transformation!
Phoebe Olivera joined our staff this summer as the new Director of Practice Transformation. She brings skills and knowledge from many years in a community health center and other roles helping people develop programming within their clinical systems. We are thrilled to have Phoebe on…
Inspirational Coloring Cards to Download, Print, and Share
CREATED BY: TARSHA ROCKOWITZ We’ve created a set of coloring cards with inspirational messages for you to click to download, print and share. The artwork is original and created by our wonderful graphic designer Tarsha Rockowitz. Enjoy!
Mass Incarceration, Police Violence, and Public Health
BY ANDREW TAYLOR Incarceration in America has grown explosively since the 1970s, with the national incarceration rate more than tripling from 1970 to 2017. Even more startling than the growth of incarceration is its extreme concentration. As an example of this, consider that at the height…