Healthy Community Initiative

Thriving Youth. Thriving Community.

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Our Impact

Community Impact

Through collaboration and partnerships with dozens of wonderful organizations, Healthy Community Initiative’s investments of dollars, time, and knowledge have made a real difference in the lives of young people in the Rice County area.

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We Share Knowledge

With over 30 years of experience and up-to-date information about national youth development trends, initiatives and evidence-based practices, HCI is well-equipped to offer advice and training to organizations that serve and engage youth.

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We Make Connections and Convene Meetings for Results

Our deep understanding of the youth service landscape allows us to make meaningful connections with partners and prospective partners. And when meetings take place, we work with hosting organizations to set the agenda, facilitate the meetings, take the minutes and map out the next steps to ensure progress and accountability.

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We Write and Report Grants

HCI has an excellent track record of identifying and securing grant funding for youth-based programs. And we’ve never met a funder that doesn’t appreciate our close attention to detail in the reporting process.

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We Help Track and Evaluate Effectiveness

In collaboration with our program partners, we identify objectives, develop systems to collect meaningful program data, implement evaluations to measure impact, and produce data-driven evaluation reports for stakeholders and funders.

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We Build Capacity

By providing infrastructure support – collaborating on administrative services, sharing office space, serving as a fiscal agent and/or staffing programs with HCI employees – we allow like-minded initiatives to steadily grow and focus on their mission-driven programs that benefit youth and families.

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We Help Implement Activities

We don’t shy away from rolling up our sleeves and getting to work. We will do whatever we can to see that goals are achieved and that youth – and our communities – thrive.

Report to the Community

Read our latest Report to the Community to learn about HCI’s initiatives and how we are building communities that support and improve the lives of youth and families.

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Meet People

Check out these videos to see how HCI has supported youth and the communities over the years!

More than 30 years ago, HCI started as a small, youth-focused nonprofit in Northfield. For more than a decade, HCI has also provided backbone support to programs that serve youth and families in Faribault, including Growing Up Healthy and Tri-City Bridges to the Future. The youth featured in the profiles and videos below demonstrate the expanded reach of HCI’s work across these two Rice County communities. Click the videos to learn more!

Tre’Shawn, RISE Student