Health Leads

10/14/2026

Our COO Dominique Morgan will be a Keynote Speaker at the 2026 ACHE Annual Healthcare Summit on Friday, October 17th at 11:00 AM ET. Dominique will provide a health equity perspective on the impact of public policy and what changes are needed to achieve health, dignity, and well-being for all. Register today:https://bit.ly/4s2YVce

10/13/2026

The quote below reflects something we know to be true: meaningful change happens when organizations create with communities, not around them.

Our Community Innovation Toolkit, created with community partners such as Carlos Arceo from Community Transformation Collective, helps teams build that kind of collaboration into their work, offering a roadmap for engaging community expertise from idea generation through implementation.

We offer strategic counsel & design, as well as targeted training! Download the toolkit to get started, and connect with us to learn how we can support your efforts along the way:https://bit.ly/47QrEHY

10/09/2026

Attending the AIxPH Conference? You can find our CEO Alexandra Quinn on Thursday October 16th at 8:00 AM ET presenting in “The Future is Brewing: AI and Public Health Roundtable Discussions.” Learn about our efforts to design responsible AI infrastructure rooted in trust, shared governance, and community ownership alongside community-based organizations: Register today:https://bit.ly/4zhWiWu

10/08/2026

CHW/P/Rs play a vital role in advancing health equity by creating close relationships with community members. While connection is a core function and strength, repeated exposure to distressing situations can lead to secondary traumatic stress, compassion fatigue, burnout, and turnover.

On Thursday October 29th, join us for Mitigating Burnout in Community Health Workers and Lived-Experience Staff, where we’ll explore methods organizations can implement to combat burnout that move beyond individual self-care. Panelists will describe how effective wellness practices are created, reinforced in daily operations, and experienced first hand by CHWs: https://healthleadsusa-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/8117907816455/WN_dmjg3AckTkCoz8wcpRZ8bA

10/01/2026

What does effective leadership look like in a time of uncertainty?

Join the Camden Coalition for The new healthcare leader: Navigating power and policy to take collective action, a hands-on session, hosted by Health Begins, designed to help leaders move from frustration to action, strengthen collaborative power, and respond to today's evolving healthcare landscape.

Learn more and register here:

Many leaders within health systems, social service agencies, and community-based organizations are quietly experiencing a form of moral injury due to rising compliance mandates, shifting policies that erode the mission they signed up for, and constraints that prevent them from acting on what they kn...

09/28/2026

Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health is hosting the second webinar in a two-part series on home modifications. The Best Kept Secret: Programs and Policies Across States to Support Accessible Homes for Children with Disabilities will highlight programs, policies, and resources that exist to help families make their homes more accessible and explore why home modification supports are often difficult to find and use. Join them on Tuesday, September 29th at 11am PT/11pm CT/2pm ET.

The Best Kept Secret: Programs and Policies Across States to Support Accessible Homes for Children with Disabilities is the second webinar in a two-part series on home accessibility for children with disabilities and complex health needs. This series shares findings from a Foundation-funded landscap...

09/15/2026

JUST LAUNCHED ⭐ The Health Leads Community Innovation Toolkit ⭐

From our community partners, we often hear:

💬 "We have pages of community feedback... now what?"
💬 "We're hearing about five urgent problems at once. Where do we focus?"
💬 "We need to show that our changes will make a difference.”

You are not alone.

For 30 years, we've worked with local non-profits and philanthropic organizations to help them understand and design services and solutions around what matters most to their health and well-being. Now, we're sharing that process with you.

Whether you’re solving a new problem or fixing what’s no longer working, this toolkit gives you the pathway to solve your community’s challenges, together.

Download the free toolkit:

A practical guide for turning community knowledge into co-designed solutions that improve health and well-being.

09/14/2026

Community health workers (CHWs) are trusted, local leaders, yet are rarely invited to design, lead, or refine interventions often created for their own communities. It’s our mission to change that. With our partners at Biogen, we saw the impact of what happens when CHWs and community members are not just inputting, but decision-making - shaping everything from nutrition education and training, to integrating culturally responsive nutrition support across community and clinical settings.

In our latest blog post, Director of Programs Sarah Primeau MSW, MPH shares five powerful lessons from co-designing alongside CHWs to create healthier communities. Read full blog here:

Sarah Primeau writes on the power of co-designing with Community Health Workers, highlighting successes and room for growth.

09/08/2026

Thirty years of impact. Countless partners. One shared vision: healthier communities for all.

From advocates and donors to healthcare partners and community leaders, every person who has supported Health Leads has helped move us closer to a future where health isn't determined by ZIP code, income, or circumstance.

As we celebrate our 30th anniversary, we're inviting our community to continue building that future with us.

Every contribution helps support community-driven solutions that address the conditions shaping health.

Give today: https://healthleadsusa.org/30-year-anniversary/

🤝 Thank you for being part of our story.

30 Years of Health Leads Celebrating the people and partnerships building health, well-being, and dignity for every person, in every community. Thirty years ago, Health Leads began with a simple but radical idea: health is shaped by far more than what happens inside a doctor’s office. Since then, ...

09/04/2026

From March 2025 to May 2026, the Amplifying Impact Initiative poured direct, intentional investment into California’s healthcare providers, collaboratives, and workforce development. By centering community-led care, the initiative accelerated the integration of CHW/P/Rs into the state's health care system and expanded access to care for communities facing historical barriers.

Now, this critical work enters a new chapter led by the California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI). Together we are deepening organizational capacity, delivering specialized workforce support, and securing long-term targeted infrastructure needed for CHW/P/Rs to thrive.

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