This winter, three Regional Health Connectors (RHCs) helped bring vital screenings to some of Adams, Arapahoe, and Douglas counties’ most vulnerable residents. Thanks to Meghan Prentiss, Kaitlin Wolff, and Laura Don, blood pressure screenings were among the many services that Tri-County Health Department (TCHD) was able to provide to homeless individuals during the Metro Denver […]
Ashley Hill is the Regional Health Connector for Clear Creek, Gilpin, and Park Counties (Region 17). Before Ashley became a Regional Health Connector, Park County had been without a primary care practice for years. Thanks to Ashley’s efforts, a Special Health District is now being developed to develop a primary care practice for the residents […]
Stephanie Salazar-Rodriguez is the Regional Health Connector for Denver County. We are excited to showcase her recent success in convening the 2017 Health & Wellness Expo in collaboration with Porter Adventist Hospital and College View Community Center/Life Line. Stephanie coordinated 129 volunteers to provide blood pressure and BMI checks, fresh food, dental screenings, A1C/Diabetes screenings, […]
Custer County High School in Westcliffe had been running a suicide prevention program called Sources of Strength for three years when it ran out of money to pay for it. That’s when Regional Health Connector Mike Orrill, who works for Chaffee County Public Health, met the school’s football coach. The coach, who oversaw the program, […]
On a sunny September afternoon, more than 300 people gathered at the College View Community Center in southwest Denver for a health and wellness expo that included everything from cardiovascular screening to a free farmers market to a performance by Huitzilopochtli Aztec dancers. Over the course of the afternoon, more than a ton of fresh […]
Before Ashley Hill moved to 80 acres of undeveloped land in Hartsel, she had practiced law in Golden. But a shared dream of a simpler life brought her and her partner to the mountains in 2016. They found a simpler life, but with an asterisk: Park County, her new home, had no permanent health clinics. […]
