A Local Approach
Healthy Acadia, a local social services organization, is the leader and convener of DHC, a local community partnership comprised of representatives from health care, social services, and public health. They are one of three Rural Community Health Improvement Partnerships (R-CHIP) demonstration sites in Maine transforming how local health systems operate to better address health-related social needs and improve health outcomes.
DHC has spent the last 18 months establishing their partnership, creating governance structures, conducting a detailed readiness assessment, identifying priority health-related social needs of their communities, and developing strategies to address those needs. They have also sought funding opportunities to support implementation of their identified strategies.
What Community Partners are Saying
"We appreciate the focus on HRSNs and the ability to focus more specifically on housing, as this is a critical issue for our communities. The process of governance, then readiness assessment, then implementation plan development is excellent as well."
