The North Colorado Health Alliance

What The North Colorado Health Alliance does

The North Colorado Health Alliance (NCHA) is a 501(c)(3) public-private joint venture incorporated in Colorado in 2002, focused on treating community health in Northern Colorado as a single integrated phenomenon rather than as discrete medical issues. It convenes partners across education, healthcare, business, faith-based organizations, and government to deliver services across Weld and Larimer counties (with extension into nine additional rural counties for care management). NCHA runs an Addiction Response Team that includes the CO-SLAW medication-assisted treatment network, the NoCO CAReS and NoCO Harm Reduction Alliance coalitions, naloxone vending/mailing programs, and The RANCH — a 2024 Sterling co-located outpatient addiction care facility with Porch Light Health and Advocates for Recovery Colorado. Complementary programs include Health First Colorado Medicaid care management across 30+ primary care medical homes, My Health Connections (a Certified Assistance Site for Connect for Health Colorado marketplace enrollment), Healthy Schools across five rural Weld County districts, and the Community Action Collaborative.

The Alliance's technology layer is built around the Thriving Weld and Thriving Colorado Dashboards — community-level data-sharing platforms aggregating population health indicators across five goal areas (healthy eating, active living, healthy mind and spirit, access to care, education/livelihood) and used by 70+ partner organizations for collective impact measurement. Its core technology differentiator is integration and interoperability across multi-sector partners rather than proprietary AI or clinical software.

NCHA is funded almost entirely through foundation grants (Colorado Health Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation via IHI/SCALE) and government contracts, supplemented by tax-deductible donations. Services are delivered free of charge to community members. Headcount stands at 72 employees distributed across three counties and four office locations (Evans HQ, Greeley, Loveland, Sterling). Leadership is anchored by CEO Mark Wallace.

Name

The North Colorado Health Alliance

Legal name

North Colorado Health Alliance

Website

https://northcoloradohealthalliance.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The North Colorado Health Alliance is a 501(c)(3) public-private joint venture that convenes 70+ cross-sector partners to deliver community health programs — including addiction response, Medicaid care management, health insurance enrollment, harm reduction, and school wellness — to Northern Colorado residents across Weld, Larimer, and surrounding counties.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Health Services

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGACAC

Community Health, Prevention & Health Education

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Health & Medical Nonprofits

SECONDARYBPAGACAE

Substance Use Disorder Prevention & Recovery Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Health & Medical Nonprofits

SECONDARYBPAIAKAH

Healthcare-Linked Social Benefits Administration (e.g., Medicaid/Means-Tested Health Coverage)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Social Security, Benefits & Welfare Administration

Keywords

• Community health programs
• Substance use treatment
• Harm reduction services
• Care coordination
• Health insurance enrollment

Headquarters

HQ city

Evans

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Grant Funding: NCHA operates as a public-private joint venture primarily funded through 11 different grant programs. They receive funding from foundations including the Colorado Health Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation through initiatives like SCALE.
2. Donations and Community Benefit Grants: NCHA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Their integrated community health operations are supported by community benefit grants and gifts from foundations and other Alliance partners. Donations are tax-deductible.
3. Healthcare Enrollment Services: As a Certified Assistance Site for Connect for Health Colorado, NCHA provides free Health Coverage Guide services to help residents navigate health insurance marketplace. Services are provided free of charge to consumers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The North Colorado Health Alliance convenes cross-sector partners to deliver community health programs across Northern Colorado, including substance use treatment and harm reduction (Addiction Response Team, CO-SLAW), care management for Medicaid members, health insurance enrollment assistance, school wellness initiatives, and community health data dashboards. The organization operates as a public-private joint venture running 11 grant-funded programs through 72 employees across three counties.

Product overview

The North Colorado Health Alliance is a public-private joint venture dedicated to community health improvement in Northern Colorado. The organization does not offer software products or technology platforms; instead, it provides direct community health programs and services including addiction response, care management, healthy schools initiatives, health insurance enrollment assistance (My Health Connections), community data dashboards (Thriving Weld and Thriving Colorado), and harm reduction services. These are service-based programs, not software products or modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• NoCO CAReS: Northern Colorado Collaborative for Addiction and Recovery Support - a community network bringing together stakeholders in behavioral health, criminal justice, primary care, and community members to address the opioid epidemic.
• NoCO HRA
• CO-SLAW
• The RANCH
• Thriving Weld Dashboard
• Thriving Colorado Dashboard
• My Health Connections

Products and services

• Addiction Response Team A program helping people who use substances access treatment, recovery, and harm reduction supports across Larimer and Weld counties. Includes a 24/7/365 Treatment Support & Referral Hotline (844-944-7529), electronic request portal, walk-in services, and peer recovery specialists.
• CO-SLAW Care Coordination Network Colorado Opioid Synergy for Larimer and Weld counties - a network of MAT (medication assisted treatment) clinics offering medication assisted treatment and counseling services with care coordinators assisting clients in accessing services and reducing barriers.
• Care Management for Health First Colorado Medicaid Care management program as integral component of Accountable Care Collaborative/Regional Accountable Entity providing compassionate, non-judgmental care coordination for Health First Colorado Medicaid members across 11 counties via 30+ primary care medical homes.
• My Health Connections - Health Insurance Enrollment Assistance Certified Assistance Site and Enrollment Center for Weld County, providing impartial assistance to consumers seeking health coverage through the Connect for Health Colorado marketplace. Offers appointment and walk-in availability with certified Health Coverage Guides, free of charge.
• Healthy Schools Program Provides resources, support, and expertise for planning and implementing wellness initiatives and policies in five rural school districts in Weld County: RE-1 (Platteville, Gilcrest, LaSalle), RE-2 (Eaton), RE-4 (Windsor), RE-5J (Johnstown-Milliken), RE-8 (Fort Lupton).
• Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention Program Provides free naloxone (Narcan), fentanyl testing strips, and overdose response training across Northern Colorado counties. Includes Reversal Project vending kiosks, naloxone mailing program for Larimer and Weld counties, and contact-free distribution.
• Thriving Weld Dashboard Collaborative community health data sharing platform for collective impact in Weld County. Tracks five goal areas: healthy eating, active living, healthy mind and spirit, access to care, and education and livelihood. Used by 70+ partner organizations.
• Thriving Colorado Dashboard Statewide community health data dashboard allowing Colorado agencies to adopt one common tool to align efforts and strategies with organizations across the state.
• First Steps Program Program supporting vulnerable women throughout at-risk pregnancies since 1991, providing referrals for medical care, person-specific pre-natal education, and referrals to community resources.
• Community Action Collaborative Community Action Collaborative Action Lab program improving responses to non-emergency 9-1-1 calls to reduce unnecessary Emergency Department visits, with documented outcomes of 142 individuals outreached (97 Diversion and 45 Prevention), all 142 connected with resources.
• Peer and Community Services (CRAFT) Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) program that teaches individuals how to care for themselves and a loved one with addiction, including peer recovery support and community services.
• Healthy Food and Beverage Policy Initiative Steering committee partnership encouraging local municipalities and public venues to adopt Healthy Food and Beverage Policies that make access to healthier food and beverages easier.
• The RANCH Sterling Facility Collaborative facility at 216 N. 3rd Street, Sterling, CO providing comprehensive substance use care including outpatient addiction services, recovery support, and health services under one roof in partnership with Porch Light Health and Advocates for Recovery Colorado.

Quantifiable outcome

• 142 individuals outreached and connected with resources through Community Action Collaborative Action Lab
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Northern Colorado Collaborative for Addiction and Recovery (NoCO CAReS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Coalition launched in 2017 bringing together stakeholders in behavioral health, criminal justice, primary care, hospital systems, policymakers, and community members to address opioid epidemic. Identified four focus areas: Prevention, Treatment, Recovery, Harm Reduction.
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 April 2015NCHA named as SCALE awardee receiving funding from IHI to support community-based health improvement work as part of the SCALE initiative led by IHI with $4.8M Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant.
• NoCO Harm Reduction Alliance (NoCO HRA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking group established in 2017 from harm reduction priority area of NoCO CAReS. Network of cross sector service providers including community-based organizations, harm reduction agencies, behavioral health providers, public health organizations and criminal justice partners.
• Steering Committee Organizations of NoCO CAReScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIncludes Butler Institute, Front Range Clinic, North Colorado Health Alliance, North Colorado Health Network, North Range Behavioral Health, SummitStone Health Partners, United Way of Weld County, Queen's Legacy Foundation, Weld County Department of Public Health.
• First Steps Program PartnersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFirst Steps has supported vulnerable women throughout at-risk pregnancies since 1991, providing referrals for medical care, person-specific pre-natal education, and referrals to community resources.
• Thriving Weld Dashboard PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOver 70 partners from a variety of sectors using the dashboard for collective impact in Weld County, including North Range Behavioral Health and Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment.
• CO-SLAW Network PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerColorado Opioid Synergy for Larimer and Weld counties - network of MAT clinics offering medication assisted treatment and counseling services with care coordinators. Includes Porch Light Health/Front Range Clinic, Advocates for Recovery Colorado.
• Rethinking Addiction and Recovery Conference PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNorthern Colorado Collaborative for Addiction and Recovery Services (NoCO CAReS) partners including Health District of Northern Larimer County, North Range Behavioral Health, and SummitStone Health Partners co-host the annual conference.
• Weld County Department of Public Health and EnvironmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partner in community health improvement, data dashboard development, and health initiatives across Weld County.
• Porch Light HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent company of Front Range Clinic, collaborating at The RANCH in Sterling to provide comprehensive outpatient addiction care and health services under one roof.
• Advocates for Recovery ColoradocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in The RANCH collaboration providing comprehensive substance use care in Sterling, CO alongside Porch Light Health and NCHA.
• Weld County Healthy Food and Beverage Policy Steering CommitteeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to encourage local municipalities and public venues to adopt Healthy Food and Beverage Policies promoting health by making access to healthier food and beverages easier.
• Connect for Health ColoradocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerColorado's official health insurance marketplace where NCHA serves as Certified Assistance Site and Enrollment Center providing free health coverage guide services to Northern Colorado residents.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Colorado Health Foundation: Major Colorado-focused health funder that awarded NCHA a $500K grant in 2013. Comparable as a regional health-philanthropy actor advancing community health priorities, though operating as a grantmaker rather than a direct service provider.
• Denver Health: Colorado's primary safety-net health system, operating an integrated hospital, community clinics, and public-health programs. Comparable as a Colorado-based community-health convener and Medicaid provider, though with a much larger urban footprint than NCHA.
• Tri-County Health Department: Colorado's largest local public health agency serving Adams, Arapahoe, and Douglas counties. A regional peer in the sense of running similarly structured community-health programs and dashboards, but in a different (Denver-metro) geography than NCHA's Northern Colorado footprint.
• National Harm Reduction Coalition: National advocacy and capacity-building organization advancing harm reduction services — closely aligned with NCHA's NoCO HRA work and naloxone distribution program, though operating nationally and focused on advocacy/training rather than direct service delivery.

Regional players

• SummitStone Health Partners: Larimer County's community mental health center and co-host of the Rethinking Addiction and Recovery Conference. Provides overlapping behavioral-health, crisis, and substance-use services in the same Northern Colorado region as NCHA.
• Health District of Northern Larimer County: Special district providing public health, mental health, dental, and health coverage services in Larimer County — a co-host of the Rethinking Addiction and Recovery Conference with NCHA and a directly comparable Northern Colorado safety-net provider serving overlapping populations.

Direct peers

• North Range Behavioral Health: Weld County's community mental health center and a steering-committee partner in NoCO CAReS. Operates adjacent behavioral-health and substance-use programs serving the same Northern Colorado population and competes/cooperates on overlapping service lines.
• Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment: The county-level public health agency that NCHA works most closely with as a steering-committee partner on Thriving Weld Dashboard and NoCO CAReS. Both organizations address the same community-health agenda in Weld County, with NCHA playing the nonprofit convener role.
• Porch Light Health (Front Range Clinic): Operator of MAT clinics that are part of the CO-SLAW network alongside NCHA and co-tenant at The RANCH Sterling. Directly comparable addiction-medicine provider with overlapping service area in Larimer and Weld counties.

Emerging players

• Catalyst Miami: Florida-based community coalition focused on health equity and collective impact. A comparable nonprofit convener model advancing multi-sector community health through data dashboards and policy advocacy in a different geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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