Thriving communities: A model for community-engaged grantmaking

Abstract

Interact for Health, a health conversion foundation serving the three-state region of Greater Cincinnati, Ohio, supports Thriving Communities a community-learning model. The goal is to embed health promotion and advocacy work in communities while building an equitable infrastructure to spread evidence-based practices. This article describes three tools developed for the Thriving Communities initiative: Success Markers, the Developmental Pathway, and Relationship Mapping. Interact for Health has found that these tools build core competencies and confidence among grantees as well as a process for community engagement that produces results at the local level.