Healthy Bourbon County Action Team
Envelope Link Facebook Instagram Linkedin Contact: Jody Love About the Coalition: Healthy Bourbon County Action Team (HBCAT) is a community-based coalition and backbone organization working to improve health, economic stability, and quality of life across Bourbon County and Southeast Kansas. HBCAT brings together residents, nonprofits, healthcare providers, educators, employers, local governments, and faith-based partners to address the root causes of health inequities in rural communities. HBCAT supports and coordinates Rural Community Partners (RCP), a grassroots regional network of Local Health Equity Action Teams (LHEATs) operating across Southeast Kansas. Each LHEAT is a place-based, community-led team made up of residents and local partners who identify priorities based on community needs, lived experience, and data, then work collaboratively to design and implement solutions. Together, HBCAT and RCP operate as an integrated coalition model that balances regional coordination with local ownership. HBCAT serves as the fiscal agent and provides shared infrastructure including grant administration, data collection, evaluation, technical assistance, and cross-county coordination. Rural Community Partners and its LHEATs lead on-the-ground action, relationship building, and community engagement. HBCAT and RCP also provides business technical assistance and a rural entrepreneurship mentorship program. Through one-on-one mentoring, expert advising, and resource navigation, the program supports startups and existing small businesses, helping entrepreneurs strengthen operations, access capital, and grow sustainably. Experienced local business owners and professionals are compensated for their time, ensuring practical, high-quality support rooted in real-world experience. HBCAT and RCP are committed to long-term, community-led change that strengthens people, businesses, and systems across rural Southeast Kansas. Coalition Established Date: July 1, 2018 Past Grants: Over the past 10 years, Healthy Bourbon County Action Team (HBCAT) and more recently Rural Community Partners have led and administered a range of grants, contracts, and community-driven initiatives focused on health equity, workforce development, and rural economic resilience across Southeast Kansas. Key highlights include: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas – Pathways to a Healthy Kansas: Multi-phase funding supporting coalition capacity, community health workers, and cross-sector health improvement efforts. USDA Rural Business Development Grant (RBDG): Administration of business technical assistance, capital navigation, and workforce-related support for rural entrepreneurs through the Center for Economic Growth. Regional Small Business & Entrepreneurship Technical Assistance Hub: Grant-funded initiative providing one-on-one advising and access-to-capital support, serving more than 200 entrepreneurs and contributing to over $3 million in local capital investment. Rural Entrepreneurship Mentorship Program: Ongoing program connecting startups and existing small businesses with experienced local mentors, providing paid, practical expertise to strengthen operations and growth. Substance Use Prevention and Recovery Initiatives (KDADS and partners): Coalition-led prevention, recovery support, and systems coordination efforts addressing substance use disorder. Community Health Worker (CHW) Programs: Deployment of CHWs to support care navigation, resource connection, and barrier reduction in alignment with community priorities. Local Health Equity Action Teams (LHEATs): Creation and support of grassroots, place-based teams advancing locally led solutions in health, workforce, and community development. Focus Areas: Community Health Worker Programs, Access to Care, Built Environment, Substance Use Prevention / Harm Reduction, Food Access, Tobacco Cessation & Prevention, Workforce Wellness, Local & State-Level Advocacy, General Health & Wellness, Physical Activity County: Bourbon County Region: Southeast Region Estimated Membership size: 23 Partner Network: 40 Meeting Frequency & Format: Monthly; Hybrid Back to the Coalition Directory
Flint Hills Wellness Coalition
Envelope Link Contact: Debbie Nuss About the Coalition: The Flint Hills Wellness Coalition works cooperatively with citizens and groups throughout the City of Manhattan and Riley County to develop community norms that support healthy behaviors and environments. Our mission is to create a healthy, equitable community for our residents through policy, system, environmental, and personal change. Our work is focused on the social determinants of health and our position statements are developed through a Health in All Policies (HiAP) framework. Coalition Established Date: February 7, 2022 Past Grants: Kansas Health Foundation Healthy Communities InitiativeBlue Cross Blue Shield Pathways to a Healthy Kansas Phase 2Memorial Hospital Association City of Manhattan Community Support FundsCaroline F. Peine Foundation Focus Areas: Mental Health, Access to Care, Community Health Worker Programs, Built Environment, Substance Use Prevention / Harm Reduction, Food Access, Housing, Local & State-Level Advocacy, General Health & Wellness, Tobacco Cessation & Prevention County: Riley County Region: North Central Region Estimated Membership size: 75 Partner Network: 225 Meeting Frequency & Format: Quarterly, Hybrid Back to the Coalition Directory
LiveWell Douglas County
Envelope Link Facebook Instagram Contact: Ginny Barnard About the Coalition: LiveWell Douglas County is leading a movement to build communities that support the health and well-being of all through policy, system, and environmental changes. Coalition Established Date: October 1, 2008 Focus Areas: Access to Care, Community Health Worker Programs, Built Environment, Safe Routes to School, Substance Use Prevention/Harm Reduction, Suicide Prevention/Injury Reduction, Food Access, Tobacco Cessation and Prevention, Workforce Wellness, Violence Prevention, Local & State-Level Advocacy, Breastfeeding, General Health & Wellness, Physical Activity County: Douglas County Region: Northeast Region Estimated Membership size: 30 Meeting Frequency & Format: Monthly, In-person or Virtual Back to the Coalition Directory
Health & Wellness Coalition of Wichita
Envelope Link Facebook Contact: Shelley Rich About the Coalition: We promote physical activity and good nutrition for every generation living in the greater Wichita area. Coalition Established Date: January 31, 2004 Past Grants: Current CDRR and Pathways grantee, also Food Secure Community Initiative with KFAN. Focus Areas: Food Access, General Health & Wellness, Local & State-Level Advocacy, Workforce Wellness, Physical Activity, Community Health Worker Programs County: Sedgwick County Region: South Central Region Estimated Membership size: 60 Partner Network: 450 Meeting Frequency & Format: Monthly, In-person or Virtual Back to the Coalition Directory