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KHF Strategic Framework
Overview
Have you ever been on a road trip, but not had any directions? You can drive and drive, but if you don’t know where you’re going, who knows where you’ll end up!
The same can be true for organizations. At KHF, we needed to create a plan, a roadmap of sorts, for how we would approach our work. The result, which included many conversations with partners, our staff and our board, resulted in what we call our Strategic Framework.
The main components of this framework are our three-part purpose statement and our six key strategies. We also like to share our statement on change, which goes into detail about the different ways we believe change happens in communities and our state.
We invite you to view the information below to learn more about this framework, and how it guides the work we do around Kansas.
Three-Part Purpose
Every successful organization has to know its “Why.” Our “why” is demonstrated through our three-part purpose statement. These three statements serve as our overall goals and our greatest aspirations.
Empowering Kansas to lead the nation in health.
Rankings show the healthiest states in terms of health outcomes. During past 20 years, Kansas has slipped, now sitting consistently in the upper 20s. We need to work towards #1.
Eliminating the inequities that lead to the greatest health disparities.
Not all Kansans currently have the opportunity to live a healthy life. Disparities in health outcomes are often seen along the lines of race, income, geography and education.
Becoming THE model for philanthropic impact.
We can't just adopt the "best practices" from around the country to make progress on health outcomes in Kansas. We have to invent the "next practices" for the greatest impact.
Six Key Strategies
If our three-part purpose statement represents our “why,” our six key strategies represent our “how.” We believe if we work effectively and make disciplined decisions to structure our work around these six strategies, we will see progress on the health of Kansans.
Strategy #1: Build and support institutions that anchor the vision to lead the nation in health.
Strategy #2: Build the power and influence of partners working closest to the communities experiencing the greatest health disparities.
Strategy #3: Mobilize Kansans in authority roles to dismantle inequities that lead to health disparities.
Strategy #4: Cultivate and refine the KHF network to be an ecosystem working to lead the nation in health.
Strategy #5: Inspire and align additional resources to focus on leading the nation in health.
Strategy #6: Foster an internal culture that aligns every KHF resource to maximize impact.
KHF Statement on Change
We are changemakers. We fan the flames of change across Kansas, change that ushers in improved health and the ability for all Kansans to thrive. Here's what we believe helps make change happen in communities and in our state.