Piloting Community Initiatives

To-date, health assessments have largely focused on the widespread needs of Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian/Pacific Islander, and Native American groups, as whole populations. However, different socially- and culturally-driven obstacles and opportunities—such as education, employment, housing, transportation, and food security—can vary in importance and impact on underserved communities depending on the cities, towns, and neighborhoods in which they live, work, and play. One-size-fits-all solutions are unlikely to succeed.

The Make Well Known Foundation is piloting initiatives aimed at defining more tailored approaches to addressing specific local challenges, based on findings from our work identifying unmet needs and furthering critical research. Our goal is provide on-the-ground leaders across the country with “playbooks” that empower them to implement the best-practice strategies and tactics that are most likely to be embraced by the members of their own communities. This approach aims to drive national-scale change on a community-by-community basis.