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This year marks 10 years of the Alliance, and we reflected on the partnerships and collaborative work that continue to strengthen health and wellbeing across Eagle, Garfield, and Pitkin counties. We also shared updates on a new sliding-scale membership model designed to support long-term sustainability while increasing partner engagement and accessibility for organizations of all sizes. WMRHA also shared updates…
The West Mountain Regional Health Alliance (WMRHA) will convene its April Quarterly Meeting on Monday, April 20, 2026, from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM (MT). This virtual gathering will focus on advancing regional health priorities through data, collaboration, and policy engagement across Eagle, Garfield, and Pitkin counties. This quarter’s meeting will feature a deeper look at how data can inform…
Thank you to everyone who joined West Mountain Regional Health Alliance for our first Quarterly Meeting of 2026. This session focused on the fiscal challenges facing Colorado and the growing food security needs across our region. We are deeply grateful to our partners, members, and guest speakers who shared their expertise and helped us explore both the challenges and actionable…
West Mountain Regional Health Alliance will hold its next Quarterly Meeting on Monday, January 26, 2026, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. This meeting will be virtual only. The January meeting will focus on the State of Colorado budget and anticipated policy impacts on health, food security, and housing across our region. Partners will have the opportunity to discuss current…
Today is Colorado Gives Day! Take a moment to give to WMRHA to support the Mountain Coalition for Food and Nutrition Security. Your gift helps to ensure people have nutritious food, which is important to overall health. The needs keep growing, and any amount you can contribute helps. Check out this video from WMRHA’s 10th anniversary as a nonprofit to learn…
We are hiring a full-time Regional Health Connector (RHC) for the WMRHA team! The RHC strengthens collaboration among healthcare, behavioral health, and community-based organizations to support WMRHA’s mission of building an integrated healthcare system for optimal health in the West Mountain region. Serving Garfield, Pitkin, Eagle, and Summit counties, this role implements strategies to improve care coordination, reduce barriers to…
Hundreds of thousands of Coloradans are now experiencing a food security crisis in the wake of reduced federal benefits. While some of these benefits have been partially restored by court order, they will take weeks to reach recipients and still won’t be nearly enough to prevent families from going hungry. “As the state’s largest funder expressly focused on food access…
About 6.6% of Garfield County residents — 4,054 people — are set to lose this additional funding. Around 50% are children, 10% are adults over 65 years old and 10% have disabilities, said Namrata Shrestha, health access consultant for West Mountain Regional Health Alliance, during a Wednesday press interview addressing the SNAP funding freeze Garfield County will be left without…
As the federal government shutdown continues, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will be unavailable beginning this Saturday. It remains unclear when the program will resume operations. If the shutdown extends into the third week of November, December benefits may also be delayed. This disruption will significantly affect approximately 6,000 residents across Pitkin, Eagle, and Garfield counties who rely on…
Easing access to critical community resources, the West Mountain Regional Health Alliance (WMRHA) recently updated its all-encompassing online directory for residents of Garfield, Pitkin, and Eagle counties. Available in Spanish and English, the user-friendly directory provides information about free, reduced-cost, and low-income services. “The goal is to put everything into one location so people don’t have to look all around…
