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Crowdsourcing Ideas to Improve Mental Well-being and Housing Stability
Case Study

Innovating Through Cross-Sector Alignment: Crowdsourcing Ideas to Improve Mental Well-Being and Housing Stability

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This case study — in an effort to highlight innovative multi-sector partnerships between governmental public health, healthcare, and social service organizations, along with the engagement of their communities — examines how the Hennepin (Minn.) Public Health Department offered mini-grants directly to community members with local ideas and solutions to improve mental well-being and housing stability in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

In this Public Health National Center for Innovations series, stories of innovative approaches to address needs unearthed by the COVID-19 pandemic are shared in the hopes that other communities can learn from and possibly replicate those efforts.

Publication

COVID Relief Money: States Need Public-Private Partnerships

This op-ed authored by Jeffrey Levi and published in The Hill highlights the need for states and localities to align varied federal funding streams to maximize effectiveness and sustainability.

Webinar

Community Voices Panel: Shifting Power

This webinar on April 1 explores ways to empower and elevate the voice of community members in cross-sector aligning efforts.

Brief

Aligning in Action: The Health Project

The brief examines how Mercy Health uses community benefit dollars to fund community-facing initiatives through the Health Project.