Healthy Community Coalition
Founded in 1989, Healthy Community Coalition (HCC) is an affiliate of the Franklin Community Health Network with a mission of promoting health and well-being in Greater Franklin County including Livermore and Livermore Falls.
We run programs and events to support healthy lifestyles that prevent disease and improve quality of life. We also help neighborhoods grow and thrive—building a stronger and healthier community for everyone. Our mobile health unit and community outreach efforts appear in every town and corner of our community, offering screenings and health information. Task forces, volunteers, and health advocates take on the issues that matter in our region.
We are one of the largest and oldest healthy communities organizations in the country, and our volunteers and staff have received many awards and citations. We helped found the Maine Network of Healthy Communities and take pride in our connection to the worldwide healthy communities movement.
HCC sets its goals by the priorities of our community. To understand the perspective of our neighbors, HCC administers the biennial Community Health Visioning on behalf of co-sponsors including FCHN, Health Leaders Forum, United Way of Tri-Valley Area, HealthReach Community Health Centers and University of Maine, Farmington. Also, to help us understand the issues that matter in our community, HCC researches and disseminates periodic health assessments to report on the health status of our community and how our health compares with others in Maine and nationally. We use information from the Visioning and the health assessment to set goals and measure our progress. The HCC Board of Directors has developed “tree diagrams” that outline our goals, our strategies, and how we plan to measure our effectiveness.
HCC exists because of the generosity and support of a variety of agencies, foundations, and individuals. We are grateful to our many friends in our community who donate when they visit our mobile health unit and community events. And we are proud that Franklin Memorial Hospital, our sibling affiliate, stands by us and values prevention and community building with their generous donation to HCC. We are also thankful to our first funder, the Bingham Program, for making it possible to start HCC.
