Improving Community Health and Building Community Wealth in the Bay Area
[Medium] What if, in addition to providing important public services, hospitals, schools, universities, and municipal governments, worked with the community to leverage their considerable assets and purchasing power to target the social determinants of health with a focus on increasing job opportunities, improving health outcomes, and fostering community resilience?
A multi-sector community-based partnership, comprised of representatives from key anchor institutions in the health and education sectors, non-profit organizations, lenders, foundations, community leaders, and cities and counties in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California has set out to answer this question.
