b'Better | Brighter | StrongerBuilding Capacity to Strengthen Families and Households, Revitalize Neighborhoods andour most under-resourcedTable Of Communities, and Optimize Health and Care communities are the very same communities with the least existing capacity and staffing to apply for andContentsmanage large infrastructure investments.The Capacity Challenge Isa Gaillard 2 Better | Brighter | StrongerThe Greenling Institute MiHIA unites partners, builds capacity, and Heidi Tracy drivescollectiveactiontoadvancehealth, Chief Executive Officer justice, and prosperity.4 Empowering OrganizationsThe Michigan Health Improvement Alliancewellbeing, and economic vitality across ourresourced communities frequently lack theBuilding capacity, empowering communities, (MiHIA) continues to reaffirm its roleregion. As our work has matured, so has ourinfrastructure, partnerships, and access tofueling innovation, and transforming health.as a backbone organizationprovidingapproach. Like any strategic initiative, THRIVEdecision-making power needed to secure and the infrastructure, coordination, andhas evolved. manage large-scale investments. 6 Partnerships-to-Impactstrategic guidance needed to align diverseAfter convening listening sessions withOver the past three years, our collaborativeBuilding partnerships, empowering families, stakeholders around a shared vision forfostering equity, and strengthening health.regional health and prosperity. Whilemore than 75 of our partners, we are proudefforts have helped secure more than backbone organizations can take manyto introduce a new movement that builds$4 million in funding to advance health, on THRIVEs foundation: Bloom: Thrivingwell-being, and community development8 People | Programs | Prideforms, MiHIAs model is rooted in cross-sectorTogether. Bloom reflects a streamlined,throughout our region. This report offers aStrengthening services, empowering collaboration, capacity building, and systems- action-oriented approach that centers onglimpse into that shared impact, and detailsrecovery, expanding childcare, building level transformation. inclusive growth, shared leadership, and thethe breadth of work as a result of that funding.resilient communities together.These guiding principles reflect the essencepower of collective impact. It shifts our focusWe are proud to be part of a vibrant network of MiHIAs roleand they underscore afrom what needs to be done to how we canof hundreds of organizations and agencies12 Bloom | Donorsfundamental truth: we cannot do this workempower organizations and communitiesthroughout the region working to create theDonor support fuels Bloom, multiplying alone. Our strength lies in the power ofto fulfill their missions and drive collectiveconditions where every resident can prosper,resources and transforming health.our coalition. Every step forward has beenimpact. even in the most challenging circumstances.made possible by the dedication, insight, andDespite the availability of millions of dollarsBloom is our response. Its not just MiHIAs leadership of our partners across sectors. 14 Dashboard | Board | Teamto address social determinants of health,movement, its a shared commitment toThe people, data, and power behind theFor the past several years, our work hashealth equity, and community development,cultivating the conditions for thriving, together. MiHIA Mission and Visionbeen guided by the THRIVE framework our region has often been bypassed. We Transforming Health Regionally in a Vibrantidentified a critical barrier: the Capacity Economy. THRIVE helped us define whatBuilding Challenge, as described by Isa needs to be done to improve health,Gaillard of The Greenlining Institute. Under-2 2022-2025 MiHIA Impact Report 2022-2025 MiHIA Impact Report 3'