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A collaborative effort to achieve zero health disparities across Missouri through equity-centered trauma-informed care. Previously the St.

Louis Regional Health Commission.

10/23/2026

🗳️ Early voting is open in Missouri!

Registered voters can vote early in person through November 2 using no-excuse absentee voting. You don’t need a reason to vote before Election Day!

Check with your local election authority for voting locations and hours, and make your plan to vote.

Find voting information: sos.mo.gov/elections/goVoteMissouri or on our website: https://chcmissouri.org/mo-voter-info/

Your voice matters. Make it heard!

10/22/2026

🧺 Laundry day is on us!

Join MU Extension and the Community Health Commission of Missouri for "Loads of Love", in Sikeston. For many families, the cost of washing and drying clothing can create an added financial burden. Loads of Love is designed to ease that burden by providing free access to washers, dryers, and laundry essentials.

Registration is encouraged! Services and supplies will be available while resources last.

https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/z5bqvcn

10/20/2026

What does healthcare access look like in St. Louis today, and what challenges lie ahead?

CHCM CEO Riisa Rawlins joined Rep. Wesley Bell on First Alert 4 for a conversation about affordability, barriers to care, and the future of healthcare in our region.

From the strength of our healthcare safety net to the changes coming under H.R. 1, these issues shape our work every day —and our ongoing collaboration with partners to help people get the care they need.

Watch the conversation: https://www.firstalert4.com/video/2026/10/20/healthcare-st-louis-medicaid-changes-what-is-needed-fill-gaps-healthcare/

10/13/2026

On October 8th, we brought community members, survivors, healthcare professionals, and partners together for Beyond the Ribbon: Community Conversations on Breast Cancer Awareness, Prevention & Equity! 💗

It was a wonderful afternoon of learning, connection, and important conversations about breast health, early detection, and the barriers that continue to impact access to quality care, particularly for Black women, men, and underserved communities.

A special thank you to everyone who shared their experiences, connected attendees with resources, and helped make this event possible. We're so grateful for the opportunity to create space for these conversations and continue building partnerships that support healthier communities.

10/12/2026

On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we honor the Tribal and Indigenous Nations whose ancestral and contemporary homelands include the communities where we live and work across Missouri.

Our land acknowledgment reflects a commitment to authentic partnership, shared power, and respect for Indigenous knowledge. These commitments are part of advancing health equity and supporting communities’ voices in the decisions that shape their health.

To learn more, visit https://chcmissouri.org/about-us/land-acknowledgment/

10/09/2026

What does it take to build communities that support healing? Last Saturday, CHCM joined the Chiron Community Giving Foundation’s Fourth Annual Community Convening to explore that question alongside mental health professionals and community partners.

Across two sessions, Molly Downing and Dr. Courtney Dowdall helped participants connect St. Louis mental health workforce research to their own experiences and identify steps to address shared challenges. Bryan Davenport and Aja Owens also led two workshops on putting trauma awareness into action through equity-centered practices, stronger relationships, and collaboration across organizations.

Riisa Rawlins carried these themes into the “Beyond the Individual” panel, discussing how our understanding of trauma can shape community and systems-level approaches to healing.

Together, these conversations emphasized the connections between supporting the workforce, strengthening organizations, and creating conditions where communities can thrive.

Thank you to Chiron and everyone who brought their experience, ideas, and commitment to the day! 💙

10/08/2026

Last week, CHCM CEO Riisa Rawlins and Senior Manager of Communications & Storytelling Grace Cobble joined advocates from across the state at the Empower Missouri Anti-Poverty Summit to lead a session on Building Community Power Through Medicaid Storytelling.

Together, they explored how lived experience can strengthen Medicaid advocacy—from ethically collecting and compensating community storytellers to identifying patterns across stories and pairing qualitative insights with quantitative data to inform policy and systems change.

Participants also put that approach into practice, reviewing excerpts from Medicaid conversations to identify shared themes, systems-level barriers, and what advocates and policymakers need to understand about how policy decisions are experienced in people’s everyday lives.

Thank you to Empower Missouri for bringing advocates together to learn, connect, and build toward a Missouri where communities most impacted by policy have a meaningful role in shaping it.

10/07/2026

Happy two-year anniversary to Dr. Danielle Binion! 🎉

Danielle brings care, insight, and a deep commitment to health equity to CHCM. From leading our strategy team across the state to deepening partnerships in Kansas City and beyond, she helps connect people and ideas and move our shared work forward.

We’re especially grateful for her thoughtful leadership of the Missouri Health Access Coordination Initiative, bringing partners together to address healthcare coverage and access challenges and strengthen coordination across Missouri. Her ability to listen, build trust, and guide collaboration is helping shape this work every step of the way.

Thank you, Danielle, for your leadership, your care for our communities, and everything you bring to our team! 💙

10/05/2026

Legal Services of Eastern Missouri is holding a needs assessment to review our community's civil legal needs. We would appreciate you taking an anonymous 5 to 15 minute survey if you or a family member have low income and have experienced civil legal needs in the last four years, if you are a community member who works with people with low income on a regular basis, or both.

You can access the survey at lsem.info/LegalNeeds2026 or by scanning the QR code below. Follow the prompts at the end of the survey to enter a drawing to win one of ten $50 Schnucks gift cards. This survey will close on October 10, 2026.

10/02/2026

What would you like Missouri lawmakers to address to improve health in your community?

CHCM is developing our priorities for the 2026–2027 state legislative session, and we want to hear from you! Share what matters most to you, your family, and your neighbors through our statewide policy agenda survey.

✅ Takes less than 5 minutes
✅ Helps guide CHCM’s advocacy
✅ Includes the option to enter a raffle for a $50 Visa gift card

Your feedback is anonymous unless you choose to share your contact information, and results will only be shared in aggregate.

Take the survey: http://s.alchemer.com/s3/Community-Healthcare-Policy-Survey-2026-2027

Help us reach more voices by sharing this survey with others in your community!

Address

1 Campbell Plaza, Suite 2A
St. Louis, MO
63139

Telephone

+13144466454

Website

http://www.chcmissouri.org/

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