Community Health Works was organized in 1999 when Ethel A. Cullinan, Ph.D., as C.E.O. of the Medcen Community Health Foundation in Macon, Ga., organized a coalition of more than 100 regional leaders to discuss ways in which they might collaborate to better serve the needs of Central Georgia’s uninsured and medically under-served residents.

After being selected as a recipient of a $700,000 “Communities in Charge” grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which was matched locally by the Medcen Community Health Foundation, CHW grew quickly and was incorporated as a 501c(3) in 2001.

Since the organization’s inception over a decade ago, CHW has expanded its reach to more than 1/3 of the state (including, but not limited to Public Health District 5-1 and 5-2), and has transformed from a small nonprofit  organization to a broad-based alliance of leaders and regional partners representing the top minds in business, government, academia, information technology, healthcare services and healthy advocacy. A common vision is shared: better health for all.

Now entering into its second decade, CHW continues the successful evolution to meet the health needs of Central Georgia and the ever-changing landscape of healthcare.

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