Our Impact

We worked with the Feed Our Future (FOF) Leadership Council to identify where and how the food systems and school systems across Cuyahoga County collided to create pockets of vulnerable children and learn how catalytic support for the most impacted populations can improve access for all kids. We helped FOF develop a countywide roadmap that examined how the systems functioned, collaboratively mapped them to identify the intersection of high-need and high-impact, and determined root-cause solutions that would not only bring real-time access but also change systems to ensure access in the future.

We facilitated a collaborative process with MACREH, a coalition of funders, community members, nonprofits, and private-sector actors, to create a collective impact agenda for all sectors that affect housing statewide. This included understanding each sector's priorities, potential, and challenges; identifying where focused efforts could build strong foundations; and mapping opportunities for sectors to converge and generate catalytic impact. We then developed a public-facing tool, designed with an embedded mobilization strategy, to build a statewide coalition of actors who would commit to identified priorities and collaborate in real time.

Our staff has been among the partners who founded and advanced the Healthy Neighborhood Study (HNS) over the past decade. As consortium members, we brought our expertise in tool development to support HNS members and organizations in transforming the knowledge and information they gathered into practical, formalized tools that enable them to act on that information and create meaningful change in real-life conditions within their communities.

We coached more than 80 public health doctoral scholars over 10 years, helping them understand leadership strengths and use their scholarship to create a more equitable and just world. Our coaching includes: Leading Yourself and Others, Leading for Impact, Leading through Strengths, Overcoming Self-Sabotage, and Leading through Transition.

We spoke with past and present EHW staff, partners, residents, and funders to understand where EHW has been and the steps along the way that made a difference. We brought together an archive of their work and accomplishments, then worked with the Board and staff to identify the moments from EHW's past that offer the most meaningful signals for its future. We brought these insights together into a tool that helps people understand who EHW is through its track record while building excitement and clarity around where they could go next.