Vision
The WOW (Wisconsin Owns Wellbeing) Collaborative will bring together safety net partners to spur and mature partnerships and create a more coordinated system of care, informed by and tailored to local perspectives.
Outcomes
10 years from now, we envision a health care system that has a strong and well-developed workforce, has accessible resources in all communities, and has built long-lasting creative and collaborative relationships within local communities. These regional and statewide summits will have the opportunity to lay the foundation for a shared vision of a healthier future.
Why?
Safety net partners are seeing sudden, significant changes to policies and funding, which threaten the organizations themselves – but primarily, the people they serve, whose health and wellbeing needs are or will be at risk.
What?
Strategic community planning at one statewide summit and five regional summits: The goal is to be proactive about developing or deepening collaborative systems that leverage the unique assets of each partner, allowing the most vulnerable populations to continue getting their health and wellbeing needs met, rather than waiting by the sidelines and taking a back seat.
How?
Funded by Roots and Wings Foundation and with support from outside facilitation, local safety net partners will take the lead on identifying priority populations, exploring resources and strategies available, and developing a clear plan to ensure that health care needs will continue to be met. Collaboration is not only useful, but essential. Where can one organization cover a service more efficiently or effectively than another? Where can partnership, communication, and trust expand so service delivery is streamlined and comprehensive? What short-term and long-term strategies are worth trying together? This work will require a true dedication to the needs of community members for it to be successful.