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The Coachella Valley Health Collaborative serves the multiple and diverse communities of the Coachella Valley through education and public advocacy and by acting as a catalyst to improve the health status of all residents and their accessibility to quality, state-of-the art health. A major goal is to improve health by increasing community collaboration and decreasing duplication and
fragmentation of services.
The mission: The Coachella Valley Health Collaborative will provide a meaningful forum for individuals, agencies, and organizations to improve health and well-being of Eastern Riverside County residents.
The vision: Residents of the Eastern Riverside County will enjoy optimal health.
The purpose:
- To encourage a regional focus for addressing health related problems in the community defined as eastern Riverside County
- To promote an intergenerational process in the nature of solutions created
- To focus collaborative efforts on solving critical
health issues with increased access
- To focus attention and solutions on increasing the
health services infrastructure of the community (increased capacity)
- To provide a platform/framework for bringing together
local community based groups, government agencies, service providers and interested community
The goals:
Addressing a system of unmet health needs:
- Integenerational health
- Creating a healthy environment
- Population health
- Community health
- Focus on target issues such as childhood obesity/sustainability
Coachella Valley residents should enjoy a health standard of life. The Coachella Valley Health Collaborative is supported by grants from the Regional Access Project Foundation and Kaiser Permanente. The Palm Desert Campus of California State University, San Bernardino provides professional oversight, financial services, office space and other services. |
