Vibrant Villages Overview:
Barstow Community College, in partnership with IEHP Foundation, envisions launching a Vibrant Villages model to be co-created with a variety of government, nonprofit and business partners in the City of Barstow.
Vibrant Villages isn’t one building, an entity or a single organization’s project. It’s a collective community impact model that includes fostering a collaborative of community stakeholders to work toward significantly impacting health outcomes in a given community.
This place-based model focuses on select communities with significant health disparities, aiming to build social connectedness, lift community voice and engage community-based leaders who will inform and lead locally focused strategies for improving health outcomes.
Key to the success of Vibrant Villages is the engagement of committed community members and leaders who will comprise a Steering Committee to help to design and implement local activities and strategies. The development of community strategies will center around the following key drivers for improving community health outcomes:
• Nutrition & Diet
• Exercise, Fitness & Movement
• Social Connections & Mental Health
• Reducing Risky Behaviors – Alcohol, tobacco, drugs & sexual activity
• Basic Needs (Food, basic economic needs)
• Meaningful Work & Wealth (Education, jobs, training, asset building)
• Humane Housing (affordable rental and homeownership)
