CHNA 20 BLOG
My name is Paul Williams, and I’m the Substance Use Coordinator with the Weymouth Health Department. I’m also the Co-Chair of the CHNA 20 Executive Committee.
Tell us how partnering with CHNA 20 has changed your work for the better.
The ability to partner with and create new relationships with service providers and individuals has bettered my work by allowing me to educate the community of Weymouth what those services are and how to access them with ease.
Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, CHNA 20 has been highlighting the stories of our community partners and their heroic efforts to continue serving their clients despite the many challenges presented by the pandemic. As an organization that strives to make meaningful connections between agencies to improve public health outcomes in the long term, we feel it’s vitally important for us to take some time to step back and examine the lessons that have been learned during this time. What has worked well? What surprising insights have agencies had due to changing their models? What do community partners want to take forward with them into a “new normal” that will hopefully change public health for the better?
