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The Morristown United for Healthy Living team represents the first grant-funded initiative of the North Jersey Health Collaborative.
Our mission is to build a culture of health in Morristown’s census tract 435 by fostering teamwork, the sharing of resources, engaging the community, assessing neighborhood specific needs, and collaboratively creating and implementing action plans to address these needs.
Our vision is to reduce health disparities and promote health equity to assure that census tract 435 is a healthy place for all residents to live, work, and play.
Morristown United is supported by the NJHI: Building a Culture of Health in New Jersey – Communities Moving to Action grant program. This program aims to advance the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s vision to build a Culture of Health by supporting multi-sector, community-focused coalitions across New Jersey to participate in a four-year initiative to address the multiple factors that influence health: health behaviors, social and economic factors, clinical care, and the physical environment. This initiative supports these communities to make sustainable systems changes and policy-oriented, long-term solutions for healthier living.
The 10 coalitions funded in 2015 represent Atlantic City, Camden, Elizabeth, Irvington, Jersey City, Morristown, Newark, Orange, Salem County, and Trenton.
For more information go to www.njhi.org
Our Focus: Census Tract 435
Census tract 435 in Morristown is a vibrant neighborhood that unfortunately is marked by significant health and social disparities when compared to the larger community. We aim to work together to eliminate these disparities and bring attention to the needs and strengths of this area.
Click HERE to see a larger map and more details about the census tract.
Partner with Us!
The Morristown United steering committee invites you to join our coalition and work with us to make our vision a reality. As a member of the coalition, you will be asked to, 1) Review data on the needs of the community and share insights, 2) Work with other organizations and residents to create plans to address our priority areas, 3) Share time and resources (when applicable and as you are willing) to implement the coalition’s collaborative action plan. We meet monthly. Click HERE to see detailed minutes from the last meeting.
Contact morristownunited@njhealthmatters.org to be added to our mailing list and to RSVP.
Our work is guided by the following RWJF criteria:
Defining health in the broadest possible terms
Building a Culture of Health means using diverse strategies to address the multiple factors that influence health, including access to and quality of clinical care, health behaviors, social and economic factors, and the physical environment.
Committing to sustainable systms change and policy-oriented long-term solutions
Building a Culture of Health means making thoughtful, data-informed, policy, programmatic, environmental, and systems changes focused on community priorities with a goal of sustainability over time.
Cultivating a shared and deeply-held belief in the importance of equal opportunity for health
Building a Culture of Health means creating a sense of community where all individuals feel they have a voice and a role to play in improving health.
Harnessing the collective power of leaders, partners, and community members
Building a Culture of Health means that we are all working together to provide everyone with the opportunity for better health.
Tools and Resources
Our Process and Progress
Do you live and/or work in this neighborhood? What do you see as the main barriers to health in this community? What strengths and resources do we have to work with?
Add your comments and insights here!