Trailhead Institute

Throughout a year that brimmed with change, collaboration remained at the heart of our work as a team and with our many essential partners. We welcomed a new executive director, introduced new programs, and defined our theory of change while holding steady in our collective work of building coordinated, community-informed solutions to public health needs across Colorado. For a look at our year in review, explore our 2024 Annual Report highlighting how we apply our theory of change in practice and where we see opportunities for growth in the year ahead. https://lnkd.in/gRmCtdFf We are so grateful to everyone striving for a Colorado where everyone has the opportunity to be healthy and live in a healthy environment. As we say goodbye to 2024, we look forward to another year of innovation, collaboration, and community. 🎉

Looking for trainings in the new year? Our partners at the Rocky Mountain Public Health Training Center offer trainings on a variety of topics, many of which are free or low cost. Check out their upcoming Facilitations Foundations course, starting in January! This 10-week course uses highly interactive activities to build your capacity to facilitate meetings and coalitions that are efficient, effective, and lead to results. Sign up before registration closes! https://lnkd.in/gwJmn9EG

From kids’ soccer referee to the President and Executive Director of Trailhead Institute – Michele Shimomura shares her journey and philosophy for working in public health in this new Q&A. As we near the end of 2024, we’re so grateful to have Michele with us in this next phase of Trailhead’s journey in the year ahead!  https://lnkd.in/gFMFWgJ3

Today is Colorado Gives Day which invites all people living in Colorado to strengthen the state’s nonprofits by giving locally. For over 30 years, our work has focused on ensuring that there is a critical mass of support across the field of public health for community-driven solutions, and that communities and organizations who work in direct service to communities have the resources they need to effectively address community needs. #ColoradoGivesDay is an opportunity to support causes that we care about, and give to organizations who give back to our communities. Today, we invite you to support our mission by making a donation to Trailhead or to one of our many administrative partners who are making a profound impact across our state. It only takes a little to make a big impact. 🧡 Click here to give today: https://lnkd.in/e3qX28fj 🧡 Discover more than 30 organizations who are making a profound impact across our state: https://lnkd.in/ekXt5PSw

If you are looking for an opportunity to support a vital mission with your knowledge and skills AND gain valuable experience in community leadership, consider applying to become an Advisory Board member with our administrative partner Triad Bright Futures. Learn more about the Advisory Board's role, the benefits of joining, and apply by December 6: https://lnkd.in/gtrwGh8C 

Thank you Rose Community Foundation for bringing leaders together to discuss the important role that donors and foundations have in addressing firearm-related harm. The Fund's commitment to centering community-based approaches is essential and we're proud to see this approach taking root in Colorado. Learn more about how to get involved at https://lnkd.in/gV5cvP9x

Grief is a universal experience and has significant impacts on our health and communities. Megan Wise, Regional Health Connector for Region 10 in Colorado, started building support for people grieving in her region after losing her son in 2021. Learn more about how she’s helping change the way communities in her region – including San Miguel, Ouray, Montrose, Delta, Hinsdale, and Gunnison Counties – think about death and handle grief and is helping create new systems and policies to provide support for bereaved families. https://lnkd.in/gYejHB2E

Here in Colorado, AmeriCorps Apprentices are increasing the impact of public health and community-based organizations while building essential #PublicHealth skills. Thank you, Ashleigh Dierking, for sharing your experience within Colorado Public Health Works, and supporting the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment as a community health worker apprentice! #NAW2024 #NationalApprenticeshipWeek

📢 Leaders from the Colorado Public Health Workforce Collaborative have released new toolkits and resources to support public health organizations and communities in strengthening our #PublicHealth workforce. The toolkits implement promising strategies from Colorado's Blueprint for Innovative Public Health Workforce Development. Through the link below, you'll find: ● A Recruitment Toolkit that shares equitable practices for building diverse teams. ● Retention resources that offer supportive strategies to support belonging and inclusion in the workplace. ● Updated Public Health Career Pathways on My Colorado Journey, and ● Insightful workforce data from the Colorado Public Health Workforce Gaps and Needs Assessment team. Access and share the resources here: https://lnkd.in/gCURH8sc

📢 Last call to register for the Restoring the Public Health Workforce Roundtable! Tomorrow from 9 -11 a.m. MT., join leaders from Trailhead's Workforce Programs & Initiatives team, the Colorado Public Health Workforce Collaborative, and Trust for America's Health as they discuss they future of the public health workforce. Attendees will gain insights from workforce development experts and receive access to new toolkits and resources developed by the Collaborative to support public health organizations in strengthening our workforce at a pivotal moment for #PublicHealth.