Upcoming & Past Meetings
Click on the Coalitions below to view upcoming meeting details, as well as summaries of past meetings. While the counties are divided into coalitions, all are welcome to attend any of the meetings. 
KY1 Community Coalition will meet on December 1 from 2:00–3:00 p.m. CT via Zoom.
Ashley Webb, System Diabetes Education Coordinator for Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH), will outline ARH’s community diabetes program. This program allows community members to connect with each other while learning about managing their diabetes diagnosis through cooking demonstrations and education.
The Kentucky Maternal Morbidity & Mortality Task Force (KYMMM) was invited to share their programs on Maternal/Infant Food & Nutrition Programming Committees’ work on ensuring that women and babies have access to the nourishment and support they need before, during, and after pregnancy. More details to come!
Counties in KY1: Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall, McCracken, and Trigg, but all are welcome to attend!
KY1 Community Coalition met on August 4 via Zoom. This coalition meeting focused on food insecurity, nutrition, and healthy eating behaviors.
Adam Hudson, Regional Food Access and Market Development Manager for the Community Farm Alliance (CFA), shared their Kentucky Double Dollars (KDD) program with the coalition. The CFA was established in 1985 to preserve family farms during the farm credit crisis. CFA works to develop local food systems by supporting markets, farmers, food access, policy, and the KDD program. KDD supports farmers while addressing food insecurity, providing additional funds for SNAP and Farmers Market Nutrition Program recipients to purchase locally grown fresh fruit, vegetables, meat, eggs, and dairy. KDD works by exchanging SNAP dollars for tokens, the token doubles the value of benefits ($1 benefits = $2 value) and allows the tokens to be spent at participating farmers markets. In 2025, KDD had an impact of $278,000 double dollars redeemed. To learn more about CFA and KDD, visit kentuckydoubledollars.org.
Dr. Robin Floyd, Board Member of Needline of Murray and involved with Hunters for the Hungry, shared details on the Hunters for the Hungry Program. This program allows local hunters to donate their deer meat to an approved meat processing plant which will in turn distribute to accepting, local food pantries. This program benefits the community as a whole because it addresses the oversized population of deer while feeding families fresh local meat.
KY2 Central Community Coalition will meet December 8 from 1:00–2:00 p.m. ET via Teams. For this meeting, KY2 is focused on the social drivers of health pillar, specifically on homelessness resources.
Kicking off the meeting is Marti Mainous, Housing Policy and Compliance Analyst with the Kentucky Housing Corporation (KHC) who will present the KHC website, which has resource directories to help people experiencing homelessness and/or individuals that help connect those community members with housing.
Juanika Willis, co-founder of JT&T Services will share their structured independent housing service that is relatively new to the community. Their program helps support individuals by providing some services along with a stable housing solution.
If time allows, the coalition will roll into a discussion around resources needed to further support community members experiencing homelessness.
Counties in KY2: Breckinridge, Bullitt, Grayson, Hardin, Jefferson, Larue, Marion, Meade, Nelson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, and Washington, but all are welcome to attend!
The KY2 Central Kentucky Community Coalition meeting on June 16 focused on the social drivers of health (SDoH) pillar, specifically around transportation.
Melissa Harper, Director of Case Management and Risk for Taylor Regional Hospital (TRH), discussed how TRH developed transportation services within their community. The hospital’s cancer committee noticed fewer patients were attending their routine check-ups and radiation treatments due to transportation barriers. Since transportation was disrupting access to care and continuity of treatment, hospital leadership initiated a van service to address the needs and improve access to essential health care services. Through a grant with their local Area Development District (ADD), TRH was able to obtain a nine-passenger van with a part-time driver to start this service in 2007. TRH continues to fund the van service through fundraisers and monthly gas sponsorships. Due to the community’s generosity, TRH has expanded their transportation services to local physician offices, cancer center, rehab facilities, dialysis, and wound center. Please reach out to Claire Arant if you would like to connect with Taylor Regional Hospital for more information.
Tiffany Riley, PCC Team Lead and Community Health Worker for KentuckyCare, shared how their Federally Qualified Health Clinic (FQHC) developed a transportation service in western Kentucky. KentuckyCare’s transportation service is supported through a grant for picking up and dropping off patients for their health care appointments. KentuckyCare’s transportation service will even take their patients to community-based organizations that are on route to allow for the patient’s basic needs to be met, such as food, clothing, etc. The transportation service completed 4,393 trips in 2025 and has already completed 2,048 trips in 2026! KentuckyCare emphasized the need for identifying community partners and starting small. Please reach out to Claire Arant if you would like to connect with Tiffany Riley for more information.
KY3 Taylor/Lake Cumberland Community Coalition will meet at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital on July 28 from 12:00–1:30 p.m. ET. The agenda for this meeting is centered around the Chronic Disease Self-Management pillar, specifically resources related to obesity and diabetes. The meeting will kick off with the Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital team, who will share details of their bariatric unit available to the community.
Morgan Bray, Food is Medicine Coordinator for the Kentucky Hospital Association and Kentucky Department of Agriculture, and Jeff VanHook, Executive Director of RGL Regional Industrial Development Authority, will highlight the regional cold packing facility under construction in Rockcastle County and how it will impact the availability of local, fresh foods.
Representatives from Russell County Hospital and the local Russell County Extension Office will co-present on their partnership program, “Cooking through the Calendar,” which educates local community members on how to cook with fresh fruits and vegetables available during different times of year and how that style of cooking can make a positive impact on those with diabetes and/or obesity.
Closing out the meeting will be a representative from Lake Cumberland District Health Department presenting their Bingocize program, which promotes nutrition, exercise, and universal wellness.
Counties in KY5: Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, McCreary, Pulaski, Russell, Taylor, and Wayne, but all are welcome to join!
KY3 Taylor/Lake Cumberland Community Coalition met on Tuesday, April 28 at 11:00 – 12:30 PM CT. Catherine Hines, Research Project Manager at the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center (KIPRC), educated the coalition on how to navigate and utilize FindHelpNow.Org. FindHelpNow.org is a website designed to assist community members looking for services around substance use, mental health, behavioral health, recovery housing, and community-based supports. The website searches for the services closest to the zip code of the person seeking services and showcases the services currently accepting new patients. Once a service is selected, the website shows what the application process looks like, what supports are provided by the service, which population is served, and how to get connected. The website can be utilized by case managers, family members, friends, or any member of a community who requires assistance for themselves; no referral needed!
Mandy Lynch, Behavioral Health Program Director and the Clinical Director for Inpatient Wood/Ostomy Care at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital, shared information on their Geriatric Psychiatric (Geri psych) services offered at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. Geri psych services provide a safe environment for seniors ages 65 and above that are battling mental health conditions. Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital offers a 7 bed, short-term unit staffed with a team of psychiatrists, licensed counselors, nurses, licensed social workers, and recreational therapists to care for the patients while on the unit. In terms of admission criteria, there is a team of multidisciplinary providers to access patients for the most appropriate level of care. There are patient care challenges with this population as support and placement resources are very limited. Most patients do not have a qualifying skill that would allow them to step down into a skilled nursing facility and/or do not have the financial flexibility for a private care. What makes this more alarming is that, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, there will be a 20% increase in those over the age of 65 by the year 2030, further exacerbating the care challenges for this patient population. While there is a need for more services to support this patient population, Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital is there to care for patients. More information on this service can be found on the Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital website.
Dale Dobson, Division Director for Farm Safety & Rural Health, presented The Power of a Handshake. In addition to farming being hard work and one of the most hazardous occupations, farmers are constantly dealing with physical, environmental, and economic challenges, but there is another challenge not as widely known, mental health. American Farm Bureau states that farmer suicide is 2-5x higher than the national average. To help keep farmers safe, Kentucky Department of Agriculture developed Raising Hope, a program focused on farm safety, farmer health, and farm rescue. Raising Hope places a strong emphasis on the welfare of famers through health screenings and encouraging discussions surrounding wellness. Through the Power of a Handshake, farmers are shown appreciation through a handshake and a distribution of challenge coins. The challenge coins highlight the farmer is appreciated, hope is here, and if you are in need, call/text 988 for immediate support. For more information, please visit KDA’s Raising Hope Website.
Tabitha Hardin, Peer Support Specialist (PSS) with Ohio County Healthcare and a part of the Kentucky Statewide Opioid Stewardship Program (KYSOS), shared how a PSS can create a lasting impact for patients struggling with substance use disorder (SUD). A PPS is an individual with lived experience, who can bridge the gap between patients, providers, and community partners. When a patient comes to the emergency department in crisis, a PPS provides immediate connection and trust with the patient. The PPS meets the patient where they are whether it be bridging them into recovery services or increasing their access to harm reduction supplies; the goal is to support the patient. PSS have made a lasting impact on emergency departments by reducing repeat visits, decreasing the stigma and shame associated with SUD, increasing the amount of Naloxone provided to patients and families and enhancing the collaboration with community partners. PSS engages with local treatment facilities, law enforcement, jails, EMS, health departments, public libraries and more to bridge the gap between health care services and social supports for SUD in the community. If you are interested in learning more, please visit https://www.kentuckysos.com/.
KY4 Bluegrass Community Coalition will meet on December 2 from 9:00–10:30 a.m. ET at CommonSpirit – Saint Joseph Medical Center – East Lexington (Women’s Building). For this meeting, the coalition is focused on the social drivers of health pillar, specifically around homelessness.
Kicking off the meeting is Marti Mainous, Housing Policy and Compliance Analyst with the Kentucky Housing Corporation (KHC) who will present the KHC website, which has resource directories to help people experiencing homelessness and/or individuals that help connect those community members with housing resources.
In addition to KHC’s presentation, representatives from local organizations were invited to share their resources on rent and utilities assistance to help support community members to strengthen their housing stability. More details to come!
Counties in KY4: Anderson, Boyle, Fayette, Franklin, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer, Rockcastle, Scott, and Woodford, but all are welcome to attend!
The KY4 Bluegrass Community Coalition meeting held on June 3 at Morning Pointe of Lexington East was focused on social drivers of health and mental health and substance use disorder pillars. A special thank you again goes out to Morning Pointe of Lexington East for hosting the meeting and Anue Enterprises for sponsoring a delicious Chick-Fil-A breakfast!
The meeting kicked off with a presentation from Jennifer Toribio Naas, Health Program Administrator for the Kentucky Department for Public Health, on the Kentucky Prescription Assistance Program (KPAP) and how this resource can help with medication affordability with patients. KPAP is a free program designed to consolidate and simplify prescription assistance programs from drug manufacturers, discount medication programs, and discount pharmacies into a more streamlined and time-efficient process with the use of Drug Assistant software. Individuals who qualify receive their medications discounted or free, delivered to their door, for up to a year! Once their year is up, they simply reapply for another year of assistance. KPAP eligibility varies depending on the source of the medications; however, it is typically dependent on if the patient falls between 200-400% of the federal poverty guidelines and/or patients without insurance or no coverage on requested medications. KPAP’s impact has made 5,000 prescriptions available through Drug Assistant software, saved Kentuckians $58 million dollars in 2023, and has saved Kentuckians $1 billion since its inception.
To get involved with KPAP, you do not have to be affiliated with a pharmacy or health care organization. Anyone can be a KPAP advocate and help community members apply for KPAP. If you are interested in becoming an advocate or learning more, contact Jennifer or call the KPAP Hotline at 1.800.633.8100 (M-F 8-4p ET)
Ann Hollen, Executive Advisor for 1915i RISE Initiative and Director with the Kentucky Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental, and Intellectual Disabilities (DBHDID), presented on the 1915i RISE Initiative, a Medicaid program that offered Recovery, Independence, Support, and Engagement to Kentuckians with serious mental illness (SMI). This new Medicaid-funded initiative expands community-based supports for adults living with serious mental illness by offering services that help individuals live safely, independently, and confidently within their communities. 1915i RISE is for Medicaid-enrolled individuals that meet eligibility criteria around age, diagnosis, assessed level of need, and housing-related services. Once an individual is eligible, they are connected with a case manager to develop a person-centered service plan which gains them access to obtaining and supporting technology, non-medical transportation services, medication management, planned respite for caregivers, supported employment, in-home independent living supports, and housing and tenancy supports. If you know of someone that could benefit from this type of program, email 1915iriseinitative@ky.gov to learn more information.
Julia Mullins, Market Partnerships and Outcomes Manager with Wayspring, shared how Wayspring partners with specific managed care organizations (MCOs) to bridge the gap between health plans, providers, and individuals affected by substance use disorders and serious mental illness to make recovery achievable and sustainable. Wayspring is a value-based care entity exclusively focused on substance use disorder populations. Their integrated care model allows them to operate market-based clinics that address the medical, behavioral, addiction, and social needs of their members. Wayspring takes full medical and behavioral cost capitation risk, meaning there is no cost to the member or the provider partner for Wayspring’s services. Currently, Wayspring is partnered with three Medicaid MCOs in Kentucky – Aetna, Passport by Molina Healthcare, and Wellcare. Wayspring connects with facilities for an entire end-to-end recovery ecosystem at zero cost to the provider. Their high-touch care management facilitates care transitions, improved adherence, and reduces readmissions and hospital/emergency room visits. If you are interested in learning more, contact Julia Mullins.
For the KHA Update piece of the agenda, KHA’s Associate Vice President of Workforce Development, JP Hamm, shared the association’s workforce initiatives that are publicly available. JP and team have, and continue to, developed a plethora of resources for students interested in health care careers. Based upon workforce data reports, KHA developed the Put Me In Coach Campaign to promote health care careers to middle and high school students.As health care careers expand beyond nurses and physicians, KHA also developed career pathways for Allied Health Professions, specifically medical lab techs and scientist and respiratory therapists, with the plan to continue to expand the career pathways resources for surgical techs, behavioral health, and radiology. This is a perfect resource for students to check if they are unsure what type of career would interest them. In addition to the great information for undeclared majors, KHA has provided a website specifically for student scholarships to support their education. And then, to round the student home, KHA has a complete careers website that has open job listings at any of the hospitals across Kentucky! It’s graduation season, so now is the time to visit this one-stop shop of health care career resources.
The next KY5 Fleming/Mason Community Coalition will meet after the first of the new year. If you have suggestions on topics or are interested in sponsoring lunch or hosting the meeting, please let Claire Arant know at, carant@kyha.com.
Counties in KY5: Bath, Bourbon, Boyd, Bracken, Carter, Clark, Elliott, Estill, Fleming, Greenup, Lawrence, Lewis, Mason, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Nicholas, Powell, Robertson, Rowan, and Wolfe, but all are welcome to join!
The KY5 Fleming/Mason Community Coalition had an in-person meeting on July 24 at the Mason County Public Library. A special thank you to Meadowview Regional Medical Center for hosting lunch and Mason County Public Library for hosting the coalition meeting. The coalition focused on the social drivers of health pillar, specifically looking at transportation needs within the community.
Kicking off the meeting was Mika Mabry, Director of Transportation and Senior Services for Northeast KY Community Action Agency. Mabry shared the transportation services offered to members within the agency’s service counties of Boyd, Carter, Elliott, Greenup, and Lawrence. Transportation is one of the agency’s essential programs, helping residents access health care, employment, education, shopping, and other important destinations. The services are available to the general public, older adults, individuals with disabilities, and those needing non-emergency medical transportation. To schedule a transportation service, community members will call 606-286-4443 and give a 24-hr notice of needed transportation.
Tyler Burris, Transportation Director for the Kentucky River Foothills Development Council (Foothills), presented their transportation services offered in of Clark, Estill, and Powell Counties. Foothills offers a number of transportation services to the general public and has unique partnerships with local organizations, such as hospitals. They offer rides to airports, train, and bus stations. Foothills supplied their rack card, Winchester-Clark County transit, and information on their County-to-County Service. Please see the links below for more information on those programs. To schedule a transportation service, community members will call 859-624-3236 and give a 24-hr notice of needed transportation.
Next, Lisa Garrison, Community Outreach Specialist for UnitedHealthcare, discussed UnitedHealthcare’s member benefit for transportation. UnitedHealthcare Medicaid recipients are eligible for a transportation service that is provided in addition to the Medicaid non-emergent transportation service. UnitedHealthcare recipients are able to receive up to 24 one-way trips each calendar year for community or medical services. UnitedHealthcare shared the Medicaid non-emergent transportation flyer along with their additional transportation service through Kaizen Health. Community members with UnitedHealthcare Community Plan (Medicaid) are encouraged to review the member benefits available to them for no additional cost.
After the spectacular speakers concluded, the coalition rolled into a discussion around additional barriers for transportation in the community. Coalition members identified funding challenges with establishing transportation services and expanding services to the weekends as most transportation service companies operate only Monday through Friday. Members discussed potential partnerships and collaborations that could help expand/offer transportation services. The Mason County Public Library has partnered with the City of Maysville to offer transportation through a fun Passport game; community members can inquire at the library.
KY6&8 Eastern Kentucky Community Coalition will meet on December 8 from 11:00–12:00 p.m. ET via Teams. For this meeting, the coalition will focus on the mental health and substance use disorder pillar.
Caroline Hines, Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, will highlight the FindHelpNow.org website, to show how any Kentuckian can find help for mental health, naloxone, substance use disorder, and recovery housing.
Sherrie York, Peer Support Specialist with the Kentucky Statewide Opioid Stewardship (KYSOS) program and Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH), will share the impact a peer support specialist can have when patients with a substance use disorder diagnosis come into the emergency department. By meeting the patient where they are, harm can be reduced by providing resources, and the patient can be bridged into a community-based organization to support them in whatever their goals might be.
Another ARH representative will close the meeting by discussing the health system’s new harm reduction vending machine and how adding that resource has made an impact within their local community.
Counties in KY6&8: Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Whitley, but all are welcome to attend!
The KY6&8 Eastern Kentucky Community Coalition met on July 21 when they focused on the transitions of care pillar.
Kicking off the meeting was Austin Roush, Advanced Practice Paramedic and Market Director of Paramedicine for CommonSpirit Saint Joseph Health, who shared details on the system’s Community Paramedicine program. This program focuses on being more than just a visit to patients; it helps with in-home patient needs and assessments, medication reconciliation with patients’ providers, disease-specific education, and post-discharge support. In addition to these points of focus, the program has seen success with decreasing 7-day and 30-day readmissions and significant financial savings through the interventions employed. As the program continues to grow, it is looking to expand into rural areas, take advantage of technology where appropriate, increase referral pathways, and add to their current funding sources. If community members are interested in getting connected with Austin Roush, please reach out to Claire Arant, carant@kyha.com.
After learning how Community Paramedicine can make an impact on patient health outcomes, the coalition dove into a discussion around improving transitions of care across the various organizations. Through the discussion, the coalition highlighted barriers with transitions of care, such as medication availability when transferring a patient to another level of care. patient barriers, and what community partners could be formed to help support the patient. Some of the social drivers of health barriers identified were around medication affordability, transportation, and individuals experiencing homelessness.
Potential resources to assist with those SDoH barriers were identified during the meeting.
- For patients needing assistance with medication affordability – Kentucky Prescription Assistance Program (KPAP)
- Patients experiencing homelessness – Kentucky Housing Corporation
- For patients experiencing a variety of SDoH needs
- For immediate assistance: dial 211 (https://www.211.org/)
- For an online directory: kynect resources
Community members were encouraged to reach out to Claire Arant any time they encounter a barrier to be connected with a local or statewide resource.
KY7 Northern Kentucky Community Coalition will meet on December 1 from 9:00–10:30 a.m. ET at St. Elizabeth Technology Education Center. For this meeting, the coalition is focused on the social drivers of health pillar.
Savannah Sublette-Federico and Justin Armstrong-DeRossitt with kynect resources will present on what kynect resources is, how to use the online directory, and what it means for community-based organizations and referring community members to services.
Tara Johnson-Noem with Northern Kentucky Area Development District (NKADD) will discuss their various community programs related to seniors, mobility, commodities, and transportation.
Local community-based organizations were invited to share their services and programs that are available to the community, ways to get involved, and how to refer members to their services.
KY7 Northern Kentucky Community Coalition has voted to give back to the community by supporting a local community-based organization. The coalition invited Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission to attend and receive optional donations during the meeting.
Counties in KY7: Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Henry, Kenton, Owen, Pendleton, and Trimble, but all are welcome to attend!
The KY7 Northern Kentucky Community Coalition meeting was held on June 16 at St. Elizabeth Technology Education Center where participants focused on the transitions of care pillar. A special thank you again for St. Elizabeth Technology Education Center for hosting the meeting and UnitedHealthcare for sponsoring a delicious Panera breakfast!
KHA’s Claire Arant shared the association’s workforce initiatives that are publicly available on the KHA website. JP Hamm, KHA Associate Vice President of Workforce Development, and team have (and continue to) developed a plethora of resources for students interested in health care careers. Based upon workforce data reports, KHA has created the Put Me In, Coach Campaign to promote health care careers to middle and high school students. Health care careers expand beyond nurses and physicians, which is why KHA also developed career pathways for Allied Health Professions, specifically medical lab techs and scientists and respiratory therapists, with the plan to continue to expand the career pathway resources for surgical techs, behavioral health, and radiology. This is a perfect resource for students to check if they are unsure what type of career to pursue. In addition to the great information for undeclared majors, KHA provided a website specifically for student scholarships to support their education, and then to round the student home, KHA has a complete careers website that has open job listings at any of the hospitals across Kentucky! It’s graduation season, so now is the time to visit this one-stop shop for health care career resources.
Amy Thompson, AVP of Post Acute Services for St. Elizabeth Healthcare, lead a coalition discussion around transitions of care. The coalition included representatives from hospice, palliative care, home health, primary care, acute care, nursing homes, behavioral health, Medicaid managed care organizations, libraries, and more discussing the nuances between transitions of care within each of the sectors. The discussion evolved into addressing a patient’s social drivers of health (SDoH) during a transition of care to ensure the overall success of the patient’s health outcomes. With this conversation evolution, the local libraries shared their resources available to community members to assist with homelessness and transportation barriers. UnitedHealthcare mentioned their member value benefits for Medicaid patients and how those benefits could help solve some of the SDoH barriers. If you have any questions or would like a copy of UnitedHealthcare’s member value benefits, please reach out to Shannon Carney, Enrollee Services Director for UnitedHealthcare.
Lastly, a recording of KHA’s Quality Webinar titled, Navigating Community Resource Guides and Platforms, which provides details on how to navigate online resource guides such as kynect resources and https://findhelpnow.org/ky, is now available.
KY9 Community Coalition is a brand new community coalition in the northwestern part of Kentucky, made up of Daviess, Hancock, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Union, and Webster counties! Please reach out to Claire Arant (carant@kyha.com) if you want to be a part of this new coalition!
Counties in KY9: Daviess, Hancock, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Union, Webster, but all are welcome to attend!
KY9 Community Coalition held its first kickoff meeting on June 18 via Teams.
Co-lead Claire Arant, Director of Community Outreach and External Communication for the Kentucky Hospital Association, shared the framework behind the coalition’s work. The KY9 region is made up of Daviess, Hancock, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Union, and Webster counties. During the presentation, data was shared to highlight the KY9 region community members’ needs around housing resources, food insecurity, mental health and substance use disorder, and access to health care services.
Co-leads, Athena Minor, Chief Nursing and Chief Clinical Officer for Ohio County Healthcare, and Debbie Zuerner, Director of Community Engagement for Owensboro Health, led coalition discussions around what people were seeing as the most pressing needs in their respective communities. During these discussions, it became clear that the needs within the communities reflect the pillars supporting the coalition’s work, further strengthening the coalition’s value to KY9. When the community was asked about how they find local and statewide resources, the coalition members had a wide variety of methods, such as contacting already known local partners, utilizing community health workers, or calling 211. The discussions led the meeting right up to the top of the hour!
As preparations are made for the next meeting, coalition members are encouraged to email Claire Arant responding to the following questions:
- For the next meeting (December – January timeframe): would you like to meet in person or via Teams?
- This coalition is YOURS! What name suggestion would you like to propose for consideration? Example: “KY3 is called KY3 Taylor/Lake Cumberland Community Coalition”
- Which pillar would you like to discuss at the next meeting?
- Transitions of Care
- Chronic Disease Self-Management (Diabetes, Obesity, COPD, and Hypertension)
- Social Drivers of Health (SDoH) (Food insecurity, housing, and transportation)
- Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder
Be on the lookout for the next meeting invite along with the agenda topic once your responses are received!
Interested in learning more and getting involved?
KHA is collaborating with hospitals, health care providers, and community-based organizations to build stronger, healthier communities across Kentucky. In a shared effort to share resources on discuss how to improve transitions of care, chronic disease self-management, social drivers of health, health literacy, mental health and substance use disorder concerns within the community.
Community Coalition partners include but are not limited to area agencies on aging, area development districts, clinician practices, community mental health centers, community organizations active in disasters, EMS providers, faith-based organizations, fire departments, food pantries, federally qualified health clinics, health departments, home health, hospice agencies, hospitals, housing shelters, libraries, nursing homes, patients/families, patient advocacy organizations, pharmacies, research institutions and universities, rural clinics, senior housing, state and local agencies, substance use recovery organizations. If you or your organization make an impact on a community member’s life, we want to invite you to the coalition meetings.
Have questions? Want more information? Reach out to Claire Arant, carant@kyha.com.