Supporting Youth & Families

by Expanding Educational & Economic Opportunity

Healthy Community Initiative (HCI) is a dynamic nonprofit organization that facilitates health & racial equity alongside people & partners. We invest in community-driven programming for the benefit of youth and their families living in Rice County, Minnesota.

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5K
youth

4K
families

100K
contacts

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HCI Names Tom Steinmetz as New Executive Director

The Healthy Community Initiative (HCI) Board of Directors enthusiastically announces that Tom Steinmetz will serve as the organization’s new Executive Director. Steinmetz will start Monday, Jan. 13. Steinmetz comes to HCI with an extensive background in innovative, community-based partnerships that support child and adolescent well-being and racial equity in Minnesota....

Grant Recipients Announced by YouthBank

Northfield YouthBank has granted $7,390 to five youth-led community projects for 2024-25, including two spearheaded by middle school students. The theme for this grant round was “level the playing field.” Twelve YouthBank members were involved in the granting process. The projects that received funding are: Garden tower at Arcadia Charter School ($1,250). Twelve Arcadia middle school students...

How Northfield Community College Empowered Me

As a non-traditional student, I spent years feeling stuck in my educational journey, largely due to the stigma surrounding not completing my degree straight out of high school. I often found myself needing to explain my circumstances, and the thought of starting over felt daunting. However, everything changed when I was introduced to the Northfield Community College Collaborative (NCCC)...

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