October Leadership Council

Local Health Improvement Network (LHIN) and Third-Party Administrator Report-Out

Written by: Brissa Perez, Community and Tribal Engagement Specialist

GCACH recognizes that health and healthcare is local and that a collaborative community approach is necessary to achieve Washington’s aims of better health, better care, and lower costs. No single sector or organization in a community can create transformative, lasting change in health and health care alone.  Clinical, community and government entities must coordinate their efforts and actions around clearly defined goals that support whole-person health.

Representing nine counties and a tribal nation, GCACH works with seven Local Health Improvement Networks (LHINs) to identify the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) specific to their area. Once the most critical SDOH are determined, GCACH provides funding support to philanthropy organizations to align services to address those areas of need. Third-Party administrators receive a portion of funds to address these SDOH selected by the LHIN they serve and disperse the funding across their county.

At our upcoming October Leadership Council meeting, GCACH has asked LHIN leaders to share success stories, upcoming projects, and/or activities they would like to share from 2021.

In addition, philanthropy organizations responsible for disbursing the Community Health Fund will be present to share and discuss their role in addressing the social determinants of health (SDOH) identified by the LHINs. Please join us!