Researching Community Powered Approaches to Youth Wellness Policy

 
 
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CoLab combines science, creativity, and community wisdom to support real-world change.

 

What We Do

Policy and System Design

Research and Evaluation

Training and Capacity Building

Community Engagement and Conversations

Advocacy and Awareness

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Featured Projects

 

Youth Wellness Zones

Youth Wellness Zones are hyperlocal initiatives that thoughtfully involve youth in civic planning at a local/community level to impact their wellbeing. CoLab is currently supporting a learning collaborative among four Washington state zones to better understand their unique benefits. Check out the most recent report CoLab has released!

 
 
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Wellbeing Approach to Care

The Wellbeing Approach to Care Blueprint is a practical guide for integrating Wellbeing Specialists into Washington State’s public behavioral health system—expanding access to culturally grounded, team-based mental health support.

For a full list of our projects, please visit our project directory.

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Research on and knowledge of the social determinants of health and ways to act for health equity will rely on continuing commitments among academics and practitioners.”

—World Health Organization (WHO)

 

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