Community Partnership

HEALTHY COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE

Chair, Mary Pilant,
Community Partnership Board Member

The Healthy Community Collaborative works to assure a broad spectrum of community involvement in creating public awareness of health issues, and generates community-based solutions through maximum use of community resources. This past year, the collaborative developed five sub-committees to address specific health issues identified in the Community Health assessment - Child and Maternal Health, Seniors, Communicable Disease, Chronic Disease and Minority Health. Breathe Easy Springfield, a member of the collaborative, worked on workplace tobacco initiatives, and Hearts 'N' Parks developed the Bike for Life campaign and offered free bike rentals on the Galloway Trail.

Community & Capacity Building

• Council of Collaboratives
• Caring Communities - an initiative in 19 neighborhoods and 17 schools in north and central Springfield
  • Schools
  • Neighborhoods
  • Caring Communities Staff List
  • Map of Caring Communites Catchment Area
  • GED/Adult Education Class
  • Neighborhood-Based Initiatives
  • Family Support
  • Financial Literacy
  • Employment Initatives
  • School-Linked Programs
• Heart of the West Side Coalition
  • Heart of the West Side Marketing Group
• Continuum of Care
  • Chronic Homeless
  • Discharge Planning
  • HIMIS
  • Evaluation
  • HUD Steering Team
• Education Collaborative
• Environmental Collaborative
  • Air Quality
  • Water Quality
  • Population Growth
  • Community Health
  • Community Report Team
• Healthy Community Collaborative
• Housing Collaborative
  • Case Manager Training
  • Housing Trust Fund
  • HOWsing Subcommittee
• Senior Link
  • Senior Link Speaks
  • Senior Transit
  • Healthy Senior
• Transportation

Children & Child
Well-Being

More than two-thirds of America's young people ages 6-17 are not receiving enough of the Five Promises to be confident of success. Too many are not ready to enter school and fail once they enter, are physically unfit, engage in negative behaviors, or are a victim of abuse and neglect. We must do more!

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Alcohol, Drug & Violence Prevention

The Partnership's roots lie in violence prevention and efforts to reduce alcohol, tobacco and other drug abuse. These problems evolved over decades, and changes in attitudes and behaviors do not happen quickly. Yet, our local and regional programming has made a difference.

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