Community Health Centers
Advancing Thriving People and Places
Community Health Centers
are trusted anchors
in communities
CHCs provide comprehensive, community-responsive care and serve people and families who too often face the greatest barriers to health and well-being. Every day, choices are made across health centers—from care teams to community partnerships—that shape more than access to care; they also help influence the conditions that allow people and communities to thrive.
Taking Action TogetHer
Deepen understanding of the Vital Conditions Framework, strengthen stewardship practices, and access tools for team learning and action.
CHC Voices and Stories
Hear from Community Health Centers and partners as they share stories, lessons, and examples that show what’s possible.
Resource Library
Discover curated resources to help your team build capacity, use measurement catalytically, make the case, and learn from momentum in the field.
It’s part of our DNA.
From the earliest days of the Community Health Center movement, leaders worked to improve health by also strengthening the foundations of community well-being.
The Vital Conditions for Well-Being
The Vital Conditions are the building blocks of community health and well-being—the conditions every person and place needs to thrive. For Community Health Centers, they offer:
- A practical framework for connecting care to the broader drivers of health
- Alignment for taking collective action across sectors
- Opportunities to advance solutions that solve more than one challenge
“Knowing that this framework is being embraced by other national partners is encouraging. Love the power of collective thinking that this facilitates.”
-Family Health Centers, Okanogan, WA
NWRPCA Innovation Lab
The Innovation Lab created space for Community Health Centers to learn together, test ideas, and explore what it looks like to lead beyond traditional care. This site builds on that work by organizing key lessons, tools, and examples in ways that support shared learning and help health center teams take action together.
“The lessons and tools from the Innovation Lab can serve as a catalyst for reimagining CHC roles, partnerships, and strategies—advancing cross-sector collaboration through shared stewardship to improve Vital Conditions for the most vulnerable.” – NWRPCA
