King County Mobility Coalition

Access to Health and Wellbeing

About the KCMC Access to Health and Wellbeing Workgroup

The KCMC Access to Health and Wellbeing Workgroup’s mission is to improve access to medical care and community resources that address the varying social determinants of health.  We achieve this mission through education, coordination, and advocacy addressing transportation gaps and barriers.

Goals

  1. Foster dialogue with healthcare professionals and transportation providers.
  2. Create localized transportation resources for medical facilities to educate staff and patients on transportation options.
  3. Explore opportunities to improve transportation by coordinating and expanding existing networks.

Projects

Access to Health and Well Being Story Map: 

Develop a story map of successes and challenges accessing healthcare in the region. These stories will come from community members who face the highest barriers to meeting their travel needs. These stories and findings will be shared with decision-makers to improve available resources and programs.  In order to honor the contributions of these community members, we will build and implement a Compensation Plan.

Coalition Compensation Plan:

Establish a compensation policy built to honor those contributions from our partners who are otherwise uncompensated for their time


Past projects and resources include:


  • Ensuring healthcare perspectives were included in the RARET COVID-19 After Action Report.
  • Supporting situational awareness during the pandemic around transportation services.
  • Enhancing Committee engagement with diverse membership.
  • Continue harnessing One-Call One-Click buy-in using a healthcare perspective.

 

The Workgroup previously worked on numerous projects, like the KCMC's Inclusive Planning efforts and co-authoring many healthcare-related reports.


View past projects using date filters to find previous deliverables on the Access to Healthcare Resources page .

Meetings

Beginning in February each year, the Committee meets every other month on the first Wednesday from 9:30 to 11:00 AM. All meetings are being held virtually. Additional events or meetings are scheduled as needed. 


View past meeting materials, notes, and slides here.

Upcoming Access to Healthcare Meetings  View all area events >   Submit an event >

Join Today

The Access to Health and Wellbeing Workgroup is always looking for new partners who share our passion for improving mobility and access to transportation across King County. To learn about the workgroup, contact Heather Clark, Program Manager of Coalitions, at hclark@hopelink.org or click here to join the KCMC Mailing list.