Health Equity

Health Equity Framework

New Jersey YMCA State Alliance is committed to advancing health equity that creates conditions that allow all children and families to reach their full potential.

• Convene, connect and empower public-private partnerships, coalitions, and collaborations to address social change and emerging needs.
• Create healthy communities where equity is actionable, measurable and transformational.
• Foster change in the environment, policy, and systems that support healthy living, youth development and social responsibility.
• Advance policy that ensures access and opportunities for communities, youth and families to thrive.
• Provide immediate essential services in response to community emergencies and critical needs.

 

 

INTUITIVE APPROACH TO MULTl-FACETED CAPACITY BUILDING 

Community-centered work requires authenticity in advancing coalitions and engaging residents. This includes Identifying and understanding needs, cultural gaps and leveraging assets to improve community outcomes. This model adopts the Spectrum of Community Engagement.

The aim of technical assistance and coaching is to maximize the quality of project implementation by inspiring and guiding coalition members, funders and grantees towards transformation.

Foundational Elements

Equity is the outcome of fairness and justice so everyone can reach their full potential.

Policy Change includes resolutions, ordinances, regulations or course of action that describes expectations of a community.

Systems Change includes infrastructure or institutional modifications that remove social and racial barriers.

Environmental Change includes improvements of attributes of any neighborhood, community or municipality. 

 

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