Nine-month lab to contribute to building Culture of Health Network in Palm Beach County.

During the nine-month lab, participants will engage in a performance challenge process that Palm Health Foundation has infused throughout its Healthier Together place-based grantmaking strategy during the last five years. The foundation will share their learning from centering residents at the core of developing health solutions around their own needs, and recognizing the complexity, culture, context and circumstances of diverse communities. The Leadership Lab is one of several efforts by the foundation to intentionally evolve and stoke a local Culture of Health Network to address Palm Beach County’s toughest challenges and eliminate health disparities.

“The lessons we have learned over the past five years from working closely with neighborhoods to leverage their own assets for building healthier communities have been recognized by national organizations and contributed to Palm Beach County winning the 2020-2021 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Prize,” said Patrick McNamara, president and CEO of Palm Health Foundation. “Sharing our experience around centering people and creating flourishing networks through highly-localized, community-driven efforts to address health challenges and disparities are the cornerstones of the Learning Lab—lessons we hope the participants will proliferate throughout Palm Beach County.”

About Palm Health Foundation 
Palm Health Foundation is Palm Beach County’s community foundation for health. With the support of donors and a focus on results, the foundation builds strong community partnerships, respects diverse opinions, advocates for its most vulnerable neighbors and inspires innovative solutions to lead change for better health now and for generations to come. The foundation supports health equity for Palm Beach County residents of all backgrounds, heritage, education, incomes and states of well-being. Palm Health Foundation has invested more than $89 million in Palm Beach County health since 2001. For more information about Palm Health Foundation, visit palmhealthfoundation.org or call (561) 833-6333.