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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.
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Vickie Boneck, Director of Marketing & Communications
(414) 520-6143 | vboneck@impactinc.org
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IMPACT, the lead agency of IMPACT Connect, serves as the designated provider of 211 information and referral in the nine-county region of Southeastern Wisconsin. 211 Wisconsin captures interaction, referral, and follow-up data from the state’s nine contact centers including IMPACT 211. The Wisconsin Social Determinants of Health Dashboard contains crucial information regarding Wisconsin’s public health landscape and how the social determinants of health are affecting our community members
