Benton-Franklin Community Health Alliance
The Benton-Franklin Community Health Alliance has its roots in the successful community effort to build and operate the Tri-Cities Cancer Center. The project brought the three hospitals together with a coalition of community leaders to meet a serious community need. The principals of the cancer center effort wisely recognized the opportunity to use their newfound energy and momentum to address other community health care needs. Thus, the Tri-Cities Health Care Task Force was born in 1993. Since that time, the composition of the group has changed as has its name. The Benton-Franklin Community Health Alliance was registered in Washington State as a non-profit corporation and received its IRS 501 (c) (3) tax exempt status in 2002.
Our mission is to assess community health needs and to facilitate collaborative, community-wide solutions that provide affordable, high quality wellness and accessible health care to all residents of the Mid-Columbia.
The Community Council of the Health Alliance considers needs as they arise and authorizes the formation of new sub-committees as warranted. Sub-committees are deactivated when stakeholders lose interest, such as the Teen Pregnancy sub-committee in 2002. Active sub-committees include:
- Access to Health Care
- Domestic Violence
- Food and Fitness
- Health Care Workforce Development
- Mental Health
- Oral Health Care
- Patient Safety
- Tobacco Use
Other Initiatives include:
- Healthiest State in the Nation- Area Ambassador
- Health Information Technology
- Housing
- Mental Health Patient in the ED
- Tri-Cities Pain Management Network
Annual Reports
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