Welcome!
The Healthier Communities Coalition of Larimer County (HCC) is a group nonprofit, government, business and citizen leaders focused on improving the health and well-being of our children and youth. HCC does this by serving as a relationship broker, networker, communicator, convener, facilitator, researcher and capacity builder for the family and youth service providers throughout Larimer County.


Blogging is Boring?
If you want to reach young people with a message, you might want to skip blogging. A new study reports that some teens and young adults are bored with blogging.  “Tech experts say it doesn't mean blogging is going away,” Martha Irvine wrote for the AP. “Rather, it's gone the way of the telephone and e-mail — still useful, just not sexy.” Read more...

Need Funding ($$$) for Your Nonprofit? Check out the February 1 issue of the NEWS from HCC. More...

Did you know northern Colorado has its own charity that makes kids' dreams come true?

Come to Caring & Sharing on Friday, February 12, to learn about the Macdonald Family Charity and the way it helps kids in need. Read about upcoming C&S presentations by going to HCC's Meetings & Events page or read notes from previous meetings by clicking here.

Have you ever visited the Colorado Department of Health and Environment's database of "BEST PRACTICES" in serving children, youth and families?

If not, check it out!

Coming Soon!

HCC's website soon will include a searchable section devoted entirely to the data and information found in The State of Children and Youth in Larimer County. Stay tuned!

 

Keep Kids "Safe and Sound"

Read an article in the December issue of Rocky Mountain Parent magazine about how to keep kids of all ages safe from physical and emotional harm. The story was submitted by HCC and includes data from its report, The State of Children and Youth in Larimer County.

NEW Old-Fashioned Approach to Health Care-

HCC Facilitates Group to Explore "Medical Home"

in Larimer County - Read about it in Rocky Mountain Family Health Guide (page 12).

HCC Helps Convene Stakeholders Around Bicycle Safety Education - Read about it in The Coloradoan.


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Monday, February 5, 2010

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If you missed a Caring & Sharing meeting, you missed a lot! Access minutes from past meetings here.

Upcoming presentations:

2/12/10 - Katie Reiff, executive director, Macdonald Family Charity

3/12/10 - PSD Partnership Center's Kris Cord and PSD Foundation's Mike Demma

4/9/10 - Poudre Valley Health System's Community Health Programs -

a panel presentation