Helping the Community Navigate Mental and Physical Wellness for Children and Families: BUILD Health Aurora

This story highlights how Aurora, Colo., formed a cross-sector and community-driven collaborative that aimed to drive sustainable improvements in health, with a focus on helping the community navigate mental and physical wellness for children and families, by applying bold, upstream, integrated, local, and data-driven approaches.

This story is part of a broader series of 19 stories that provides a look at what is possible when community based organizations, hospitals and health systems, public health departments, and residents work together for better health. Each one documents the progress made, challenges met, and lives changed in these communities with practical takeaways that any practitioner can not only relate to, but also benefit from.