New Multi-Sector Collaboration Aims to Build a Healthier Milwaukee
IMPACT Connect teams up with NowPow to power one of the nation’s most comprehensive, community-wide systems to connect health and social care and track outcomes

MILWAUKEE, March 04, 2021 — IMPACT, the designated provider of 211 information and referral services in Southeastern Wisconsin, today announced a groundbreaking collaboration with local health systems, community organizations and NowPow, an innovative technology company, to improve health equity and outcomes across Milwaukee. IMPACT Connect will establish a shared digital platform for partner organizations across multiple sectors — including healthcare, food, housing, child welfare, mental health, corrections and others – to work together to better coordinate care and tackle social determinants of health.

Founding health system partners include Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network, Advocate Aurora Health, Children’s Wisconsin and Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers. Read more.