Health Initiatives
The Healthier Washington Collaboration Portal supports a variety of public health initiatives. Together we are succeeding in connecting public health professionals, organizations, and communities in ways that move our state forward in improving health outcomes for Washington residents. Visit these initiative pages to learn more.
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See our site index for a list of health topics available on this website. Each health topic will provide specific subtopics with links to pages with relevant information.
Read about current projects and find child and family data sources in this work connected to local health jurisdictions, state agencies, community-based organizations, and others that are strengthening state and local systems to improve the health and safety of children and their families.
The vaccine confidence toolkit provides robust resources to support community health workers in talking clearly and effectively about vaccines, with shareable resources in nine languages.
The Community Collaborative supports partners so they can connect with each other, share efforts, leverage resources, and facilitate opportunities to collaborate on achieving equity in public health priorities.
The initiative worked with community-based organizations through May 31, 2025 helping communities disproportionately affected by COVID-19 get access to critical health and safety information and resources. A Partnership Evaluation and summary of learnings and recommendations are available to read.
Available in English and Spanish, read announcements and learn about meetings held by the Environmental Justice Council’s work to bring forward the voices of disproportionately impacted communities and inform the state’s environmental justice efforts.
Available in English and Spanish, this work has involved community-driven leaders to establish geographically-based health equity zones. Reports detail how they have identified and addressed pressing health concerns in their zones.
This collection of data briefs identifies priority needs for women and mothers, children, youth, and families and informs the state's Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant.
Community-based birth worker organizations are striving to improve birth outcomes by addressing and reducing the racism faced by birth workers and families. See birth equity data and read about current and former project grantees.
Public health professionals working to address the impact of substance use on families will find lactation guidance that can be shared with clients.
Organizations seeking to improve access to primary health care for underserved populations can connect with the National Health Service Corps and Health Professional Shortage Area program on this site.
See the latest meeting agendas and learn the focus and purpose of this governor-appointed body convened to advise and provide feedback on the public health system, with a focus on governmental public health services.
Rural health systems and communities will find a range of resources here to help them integrate palliative care in multiple settings, such as emergency department, inpatient, skilled rehabilitation, home health, hospice, primary care, and long-term care.
This multiorganization collaborative provides strategic direction and federal funding guidance for information technology projects that have cross-organizational or state enterprise impact. See which agencies are involved and look at the latest action plan.