We Believe
WMRHA believes strengthening whole health systems with community partners and resources is essential to improving the social determinants of health for all people living in the West Mountain region.
WMRHA’s vision is equal access to high-quality, comprehensive, integrated, and cost-effective healthcare services for West Mountain residents, with a focus on vulnerable populations.
Our Mission
West Mountain Regional Health Alliance’s (WMRHA) mission is to build an integrated health system that supports optimal health for all residents in the West Mountain region (Eagle, Garfield, and Pitkin counties in Colorado).
We ALIGN health providers and stakeholders through proactive initiatives.
We work to expand ACCESS to affordable, high-quality integrated care for all.
We ADVOCATE for underserved residents of the West Mountain region.
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A History of Collaboration on the Western Slope since 2010
WMRHA formed as a regional entity in 2010 to examine the access to care gap of prenatal care for low-income women in western Eagle County. This lead to a collaborative Prenatal Program between Pitkin County and Eagle County. The success of the entity highlighted the need for the group to continue its efforts to identify issues and seek regional solutions. In order to do so, the alliance expanded to a broader community alliance that it is today.
Achievements Together
WMRHA becomes a nonprofit
2014
2016
WMRHA is awarded a Network Planning grant from Health Resources Services Administration to lead Rural Health Network Development Planning Projects lasting through 2019
WMRHA hired its first executive director.
WMRHA becomes the Community Lead organization for the Rocky Mountain Health Plans Accountable Healthy Communities Model (AHCM) for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation through 2022
2017
2019
WMRHA begins collaborating with Quality Health Network, Community Resource Network (CRN) to implement social health information exchange platform
The Protect our Neighbors (PON) report is produced following a community and government-led effort to understand the effects and lived experiences of people within the Hispanic/Latinx community within the rural resort and frontier region from Aspen to Parachute
2020
2021
WMRHA is the regional lead for Valley Alliance to End Homelessness, CO DOLA Emergency Solutions Grants, Mountain Coalition for Food and Nutrition Security, and Latino Coalition
WMRHA produces the Roaring Fork Community Resources Guide to help people who live and work in the Roaring Fork Valley to access services and resources in the region
WMRHA helps establish regional efforts in housing and food security by developing strategic plans with the Valley Alliance to End Homelessness (VAEH) and the Mountain Coalition for Food Security and Nutrition (MCFNS)
2022
2023
WMRHA and the VAEH are awarded a critical grant to support the tri-county efforts to respond to homelessness by providing funding to agencies that serve homeless individuals and families
WMRHA convenes partners and community members around the issue of mental health among Latina mothers and produces a report to help advocate for the issue
WMRHA hires Housing Navigation staff with support from Pitkin County to help increase the amount of housing units available to people who are homelessness in the Region
