# Presentation: 256007

## Healthy Community Alliance

**“****Building Quality of Life in **
**Our Rural Community”**

## Who Are We??? 

- Rural Health Network – Not-For-Profit
- Committed to health education and outreach, chronic disease prevention, and building quality of life.
- Board of Directors – health, education, business, and consumer representation.
- We bring individuals and groups together to create local answers to rural problems.

## Mission Statement

- To improve quality of life in rural communities through broad-based, inclusive partnerships that support wellness and prevention.

## Service Area

**Portions of (4) Counties Along the Route 39 Corridor  in Southwestern New York State**
- Cattaraugus
- Chautauqua
- Erie
- Wyoming** **
**113,000****+ residents**
**57 Zip Codes**

## Programs/Activities

**Personal Wellness Profile - health risk assessments**
**Disease Education and Outreach**
**Diabetes**
**Childhood Asthma**
**Ovarian Cancer**
**Obesity**
**Arthritis**
**Women’s Health**
**Youth Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Initiatives**

## Fit & Fun Program© – physical activity and nutrition program 
Child Health/Family Health Plus Health Insurance Enrollment Assistance
Academy Place- multi-use community resource center
Marketing/Public Relations
Grant Writing 
Van Transportation Service

**Fit & Fun Program****©**** – physical activity and nutrition program **
**Child Health/Family Health Plus Health Insurance Enrollment Assistance**
**Academy Place- multi-use community resource center**
**Marketing/Public Relations**
**Grant Writing **
**Van Transportation Service**

## The Healthy Community Alliance owns and operates two mini-vans for transporting individuals within the Alliance service area to necessary appointments.
Priority is given to medical appointments, however, transportation to other types of services is possible based on individual need. 
Scheduled on a first come, first served basis.

- The Healthy Community Alliance owns and operates two mini-vans for transporting individuals within the Alliance service area to necessary appointments.
- Priority is given to medical appointments, however, transportation to other types of services is possible based on individual need.
- Scheduled on a first come, first served basis.

## 
To facilitate a transportation service for rural residents based on community need.  

- To facilitate a transportation service for rural residents based on community need.

## Identified through  community survey and catalog of transportation services
Multi-county service area
Lack of public transportation
Limiting criteria and exhausted capacity of other transportation modes
19% of service area population is 60+ 
Spread out, geographically isolated communities

- Identified through  community survey and catalog of transportation services
- Multi-county service area
- Lack of public transportation
- Limiting criteria and exhausted capacity of other transportation modes
- 19% of service area population is 60+
- Spread out, geographically isolated communities

## One Van 
Grant Funded
Partnered with Bertrand Chaffee Hospital
Volunteer Drivers
Free Service to the Community
Transportation of Last Resort
 Increase access to needed services

- One Van
- Grant Funded
- Partnered with Bertrand Chaffee Hospital
- Volunteer Drivers
- Free Service to the Community
- Transportation of Last Resort
-  Increase access to needed services

## Two vans operating from two locations
Partner with Love, InC. and TLC Health Network 
Volunteer Drivers
Free Service to the Community
Transportation of Last Resort

- Two vans operating from two locations
- Partner with Love, InC. and TLC Health Network
- Volunteer Drivers
- Free Service to the Community
- Transportation of Last Resort

## Healthy Community Alliance
Funding the vans (1 purchased, 1 donated)
Administrative Oversight
Insurance
Driver trainings
Van Maintenance
PR/Marketing
Data Analysis

- Healthy Community Alliance
- Funding the vans (1 purchased, 1 donated)
- Administrative Oversight
- Insurance
- Driver trainings
- Van Maintenance
- PR/Marketing
- Data Analysis

## Love InC.
Screen transportation requests
Schedule trips
Recruit Volunteer Drivers
Collect data:  van usage statistics
Miles
Number of trips 
Destination location

- Love InC.
- Screen transportation requests
- Schedule trips
- Recruit Volunteer Drivers
- Collect data:  van usage statistics
- Miles
- Number of trips
- Destination location

## TLC Health Network
House and clean the van 
Check fluid levels, advise Alliance of routine maintenance needs, track and submit quarterly maintenance log
Provide partial financial support for maintenance and operation costs of van
Provide staff as drivers

- TLC Health Network
- House and clean the van
- Check fluid levels, advise Alliance of routine maintenance needs, track and submit quarterly maintenance log
- Provide partial financial support for maintenance and operation costs of van
- Provide staff as drivers

## 39 Approved drivers
6 Driver orientations
Miles and Trips:
	  Year    	Miles           Trips
1998 -   	6,613                50 
1999 -   	8,851	         113
2000 - 	10,242	         111 
2001 - 	10,042	         106
2002 - 	10,968	         133
2003 - 	12,731	         172 (second van introduced)
2004 –	16,826	         212

**39** Approved drivers
**6** Driver orientations
- Miles and Trips:
- 	  _Year_    	_Miles_           _Trips_
- 1998 -   	6,613                50
- 1999 -   	8,851	         113
- 2000 - 	10,242	         111
- 2001 - 	10,042	         106
- 2002 - 	10,968	         133
- 2003 - 	12,731	         172 (second van introduced)
- 2004 –	16,826	         212

## Training for all involved is ongoing
The partnership allows for a manageable program
Do background check on drivers
Have drivers take safe driving course to lower insurance premiums
Monitor van use
Keep funding opportunities always in sight

- Training for all involved is ongoing
- The partnership allows for a manageable program
- Do background check on drivers
- Have drivers take safe driving course to lower insurance premiums
- Monitor van use
- Keep funding opportunities always in sight

## Healthy Community Alliance, Inc. 
26 Jamestown Street, PO Box 27
Gowanda, NY  14070
(716) 532-1010 Phone
(716) 532-1011 Fax
Sharon J. Mathe – Executive Director
Sharon Noecker, Community Health Coordinator
smathe@communityalliance.org
www.communityalliance.org

- Healthy Community Alliance, Inc.
- 26 Jamestown Street, PO Box 27
- Gowanda, NY  14070
- (716) 532-1010 Phone
- (716) 532-1011 Fax
- Sharon J. Mathe – Executive Director
- Sharon Noecker, Community Health Coordinator
- smathe@communityalliance.org
- www.communityalliance.org