HealthierHere

11/26/2025

Looking for resources in King County? The HealthierHere Community Hub is here to help! We're a free service that helps you find and connect to available resources like food, utility assistance, healthcare, and more! We'll match you with a Community-Based Worker, someone from a trusted local organization who understand your needs and can provide ongoing support.

Go to healthierhere.org/community-hub, or call 1-833-453-0336, to sign up!

11/24/2025

We’re excited to announce a new funding opportunity for food assistance providers in King County.

As demand for food support continues to grow, HealthierHere is offering grants ranging from $25,000 to $200,000 to help organizations purchase and distribute food. Eligible applicants include food banks, food pantries, mutual aid groups, and community food programs that distribute at least 250,000+ pounds of food annually.

Key Dates

✅ Proposals Due: December 8, 2025
✅ Partners Selected: December 15, 2025
✅ Funds Awarded: December 17, 2025

A second funding round will open in 2026.

Learn more and apply at the link below.

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To address growing food insecurity in King County and provide immediate relief to individuals and families, HealthierHere is offering grants of $25,000–$200,000 for local food assistance providers.

08/26/2024

Meet our first cohort of Community Hub Case Management Partners! HealthierHere is supporting partner organizations from across King County to build capacity and expand their case management skills to better serve their communities.

The HealthierHere Community Hub offers a no-wrong-door approach, providing individuals and families with culturally and linguistically responsive care coordination. Community health workers from our partners serve as trusted guides for clients, helping them navigate systems and connect to the resources they want and need to thrive.

Learn more:

Get to know our 17 partner organizations providing community-based care coordination through the HealthierHere Community Hub.

06/03/2024

Frustrated by health inequities in your community? Let’s turn challenges into solutions together.

Our CEO, John Kim, discusses the power of collective action as we prepare to launch the HealthierHere Community Hub.

There's room at this table! Join our efforts to advance health equity.

Tackling persistent health inequities requires transforming challenges into solutions. HealthierHere's CEO John Kim shares how the HealthierHere Community Hu...

05/21/2024

We’re thrilled to share HealthierHere’s 2023 Annual Report: Growth in a Season of Change!

Our first-ever interactive digital report draws inspiration from the natural world to illustrate our 2023 journey.

Read the report to explore highlights of programs, partnerships, and powerful stories from our cross-sector efforts to advance health equity.

bit.ly/HH2023AR

04/15/2024

Join us in making a difference in King County! HealthierHere is a Workforce Development Manager to lead training efforts, skills building, and learning opportunities for the HealthierHere Community Hub!

Pay Range: $95,000 - $115,000

Learn more about the position here:

Become a valued member of our team!

04/03/2024

Today, National Public Health Week explores climate change and its effect on public health.

With rising temperatures, atypical weather patterns, and changing landscapes, climate change inevitably becomes a public health threat. It is critical for local health departments to incorporate learnings on climate change’s public health impact to provide better whole person care for their communities.

This resource guide for local public health departments was created by Public Health Institute, American Public Health Association, The Kresge Foundation, and the California Department of Public Health.

Access the guide here: https://bit.ly/43KfddT

04/02/2024

National Public Health Week is here, and Civic Engagement is at the forefront of the first theme.

The Community Health Worker Access Act (S. 3892) was recently proposed to Congress. This bill seeks to enhance access to healthcare services for enrollees of Medicare and Medicaid by improving reimbursement for Community Health Worker provided services under Medicare and integrating them into Medicaid.

Learn more about the Community Health Worker Access Act at: https://bit.ly/43EYOYq

To sign your organization on to support the bill, please fill out this sign-on form (sign ons accepted on a rolling basis): https://bit.ly/3J3Et5z

PIH-supported legislation will strengthen community health workforce

03/29/2024

2024 starts April 1st!
Join us to celebrate community efforts to improve public health. All week long we will be amplifying ways to make our communities healthier, safer, and stronger.

American Public Health Association

Public health is more than just health care. It's the steps we take to make sure our neighborhoods and environment are free from pollution. It's making sure our food and water are safe to eat and drink. It's also the relationships we foster in our communities. We're all interconnected. When we all c...

03/26/2024

Looking to start a new chapter in your career this spring? HealthierHere is now for 3 full-time roles:

- Senior Financial Analyst (Pay Range: $110,000 – $120,000)

- Assistant Director of Information Privacy and Security
(Pay Range: $110,000-$130,000)

- Director of People and Culture (Pay Range: $130,000-$150,000)

Learn more about the positions and apply at: bit.ly/HHCareers_

03/25/2024

HealthierHere is excited to share the findings from the Washington Integrated Care Assessment (WA-ICA)!

Learn about the WA-ICA, HealthierHere’s work analyzing the results, next steps, and to access the reports.

Learn more about the valuable insights from the Washington Integrated Care Assessment (WA-ICA) and access the report findings.

03/21/2024

Welcome to our new Partnership and Engagement Manager, George Farrell (he/him, Hunkpapa Lakota, Standing Rock Reservation)! George joins our Equity and Strategy Office, and brings unique experience in nonprofit operations and development, as well as re-entry coordination and community engagement. We are excited to have him join the team.

Read more about George in his welcome interview.

Learn how George hopes to combine innovation and partnerships in his new role!