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HOW WE STARTED
- Williamson County, Texas was one of 13 communities in the US to be selected to become part of the Action Communities for Health, Innovation, and EnVironmental ChangE (ACHIEVE) initiative.
- Goal: to advance community leadership to prevent chronic diseases and related risk factors through a locally collaborative approach. Supported by a three-year grant.
The WilCo Wellness Alliance coalition was formed as a county-wide approach replicating steps in the ACHIEVE model:
- Coalition building
- Community assessment
- Identification of priority areas/projects
- Formation of steering groups
- Implementation and evaluation of projects
HOW WE GREW
2012: Transforming Texas Grant and Medicaid Waiver Funds
- Covered Williamson and Burnet Counties
- Policy, systems and environmental change
- Focus on health education, healthy eating, active living, tobacco-free
- Grew to 11 full time staff
2013:
- Conducted first Community Health Assessment
- 71 meetings were held
- 289 individuals attended at least one meeting
- 110 organizations were represented for at least one meeting
2014:
- Launched healthywilliamsoncounty.org
- Funded by community sponsors
2018 - 2019:
- Adopted Collective Impact Model
- Rebranded as Healthy Williamson County coalition
- Membership grew to 900 individuals
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