What Healthy Monadnock Alliance does

Healthy Monadnock Alliance (HMA) is a regional, non-profit community health coalition founded in 1994 by Cheshire Medical Center and operating across 33 towns in the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire (Cheshire County plus 10 western Hillsborough County towns), serving approximately 130,000 residents. HMA functions as a convening body for 79+ member organizations spanning municipalities, schools, businesses, nonprofits, faith groups, and civic organizations, coordinated through a Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) organized around five priority areas: Behavioral Health, Emergency Preparedness, Food Access, Active Living, Healthcare Access, and Protective & Risk Factors. The alliance's operational backbone is provided by Cheshire Medical Center's Center for Population Health, which supplies staffing, grant administration, and program coordination including NARCAN training, the Wellpowered Worksites program, and the School Wellness Initiative.

HMA does not develop proprietary technology products, software, or platforms. Its outputs are programmatic: policy advocacy (Tobacco 21 statewide, smoke-free parks in 9 towns, Complete Streets in 9 municipalities), training (1,000+ people in emergency preparedness including NARCAN), education (2,300+ community members in behavioral health), worksite wellness (11,000+ employees), and school wellness policy (32 schools). Measurable community-level outcomes include 93% insurance coverage in Cheshire County (up 7%) and 88% of local adults reporting good or better health (up 5.5%). The alliance's PPPSE (Partnerships, Programs, Policy, System, Environmental) framework guides multi-sector change and has produced 89 enacted policies and protections, particularly in tobacco control and living-wage campaigns.

The organization operates a donation and grant-funded nonprofit revenue model with no commercial products or pricing structure. Contributions flow to the Healthy Monadnock Fund at the Cheshire Health Foundation, supplemented by public health grants including a $1 million CDC Partners in Community Health award to Cheshire Medical Center. HMA distributes its work through the member organization network, six workgroups, direct community events (six Healthy Community Summits since 2007), and co-delivered programs with hospitals, libraries (Keene Public Library Gear Library), The Community Kitchen (Mobile Food Pantry), and the Community Volunteer Transportation Company. Headcount is 11–50 staff, primarily hosted through the Center for Population Health at Cheshire Medical Center.

Name

Healthy Monadnock Alliance

Legal name

Healthy Monadnock Alliance

Website

https://healthymonadnockalliance.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Healthy Monadnock Alliance is a non-profit regional health coalition founded in 1994 that convenes 79+ member organizations across 33 towns in New Hampshire's Monadnock Region to advance a Community Health Improvement Plan covering behavioral health, food access, active living, healthcare access, emergency preparedness, and protective factors, serving roughly 130,000 residents through grant- and donation-funded programs.

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Product category

Community Health Coalition

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Community Food Services (624210), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Health, Prevention & Health Education (BPAGACAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Health & Health Equity Organizations (BPAGACAL), Nutrition & Food Security (Global Health) NGOs (HLAJAKAH), Mental Health & Crisis Support Services (BPAGACAD)

Keywords

• Community health coalition
• Public health partnership
• Regional health initiatives
• Community wellness programs
• Health equity programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Keene

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: The Healthy Monadnock Alliance is funded through donations to the Healthy Monadnock Fund at the Cheshire Health Foundation at Cheshire Medical Center. The alliance receives grant funding from public health sources including the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), which awarded a $1 million Partners in Community Health grant to Cheshire Medical Center to support community partners. The alliance also receives organizational support and staffing from the Center for Population Health at Cheshire Medical Center.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Healthy Monadnock Alliance is a regional nonprofit community health coalition that unites 79+ member organizations across 33 towns in the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire. It coordinates collaborative programs and policy initiatives across six priority workgroups: Behavioral Health (Trauma Responsive Monadnock), Emergency Preparedness (Prepared Monadnock), Food Access (Monadnock Food Access Alliance), Active Living (Monadnock Outdoors), Healthcare Access (Monadnock Healthcare Advocates), and Protective & Risk Factors (Be The Change). It is funded through donations to the Healthy Monadnock Fund at the Cheshire Health Foundation and grants such as the CDC's $1M Partners in Community Health award.

Product overview

Healthy Monadnock Alliance is a regional community health partnership organization, not a technology product company. It does not offer software products, platforms, or modules. Its offerings consist of community health improvement programs organized around five priority areas: Behavioral Health (Trauma Responsive Monadnock), Emergency Preparedness (Prepared Monadnock), Food Access and Active Living (Monadnock Food Access Alliance and Monadnock Outdoors), Healthcare Access (Monadnock Healthcare Advocates), and Protective and Risk Factors (Be The Change – Prevention Taskforce). These are collaborative community initiatives, not commercial product offerings.

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Products and services

• Trauma Responsive Monadnock (Behavioral Health) Community-wide behavioral health program under the HMA's Behavioral Health priority area providing education, support, and trauma-responsive training to community members, schools, and member organizations across the Monadnock Region.
• Prepared Monadnock (Emergency Preparedness) Emergency preparedness program that trains community members, including NARCAN administration to respond to opioid overdoses, and partners with the Greater Monadnock Disaster Animal Response Team on emergency animal sheltering workshops.
• Monadnock Food Access Alliance Regional food access program that operates a Mobile Food Pantry, Veterans Appreciation farmers market meals, and the Granite State Market Match SNAP/EBT doubling program in partnership with The Community Kitchen, NH Food Bank, and NH Hunger Solutions.
• Monadnock Outdoors (Active Living) Active living program offering a Gear Library (in partnership with Keene Public Library) that allows Cheshire County residents to check out camping, fishing, kayaking, and paddle board equipment at no cost, plus an Outdoor Recreation Resource Map.
• Monadnock Healthcare Advocates Healthcare access program providing breast and cervical cancer screening and a Volunteer Driver Program in partnership with Cheshire Medical Center, Monadnock Community Hospital, and the Community Volunteer Transportation Company.
• Be The Change (Protective & Risk Factors) Prevention taskforce implementing substance use prevention, school wellness, and tobacco control initiatives including the PreVenture program, School Wellness Initiative in 32 schools, and successful advocacy for Tobacco 21 and 89 smoke-free policies.
• Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) Strategic plan guiding all alliance work across the five priority areas, developed from the Community Health Needs Assessment, that aligns 79+ member organizations around shared health improvement goals for the Monadnock Region.

Quantifiable outcome

• 79 organization members working to advance alliance priority areas
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

20 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Cheshire Medical CentercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1994Cheshire Medical Center (now part of Dartmouth Health) is the founding convener and primary institutional partner of the Healthy Monadnock Alliance. It convened the original Council for a Healthier Community in 1994 and has provided ongoing staff support, administrative infrastructure, and funding through its Center for Population Health. The medical center provides direct program delivery including NARCAN training, the Breast and Cervical Cancer Program, and the Wellpowered Worksites program. It also houses the Healthy Monadnock Fund at the Cheshire Health Foundation.
• Center for Population Health at Cheshire Medical CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Center for Population Health provides operational staffing, grant management, and program coordination for the alliance. Key staff include Tammy Dwyer (Director of Community Engagement), Sara Fisher (Senior Population Health Coordinator), and Marissa Mannion-King (Senior Population Health Coordinator). The center coordinates the Wellpowered School Program and supports all six HMA workgroups.
• Cheshire CountycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCheshire County is a key institutional partner, with its Grants Manager (Suzanne Bansley) supporting coalition operations since 2014. The county provides fiscal sponsorship services and administrative support to area collaborations and coalitions.
• Monadnock Community HospitalmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMonadnock Community Hospital participates as a member organization and leads the Healthcare Access priority area through its Population Health and Practice Quality team (Julie Quinn, Manager). The hospital has adopted the $15/hour living wage initiative and provides breast and cervical cancer screening services.
• The Community KitchenmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Community Kitchen is the key partner for the Monadnock Food Access Alliance's Mobile Food Pantry Initiative. The organization distributes locally produced food to families in the community, with locations selected based on data indicating high incidence of hunger and transportation access challenges.
• Keene Public LibrarymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Keene Public Library partners with Monadnock Outdoors to operate the Gear Library, which allows Cheshire County residents to check out outdoor equipment including camping supplies, fishing equipment, kayaks, and paddle boards at no cost.
• Greater Monadnock Disaster Animal Response Team (GMDART)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGMDART partners with Prepared Monadnock to offer Emergency Animal Sheltering workshops designed to teach participants how to establish and manage emergency pet shelters during local and statewide emergencies.
• Community Volunteer Transportation Company (CVTC)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCVTC partners with Monadnock Healthcare Advocates to operate the Volunteer Driver Program, expanding transportation options for residents who need rides to healthcare appointments in the rural Monadnock Region.
• NH Hunger SolutionsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNH Hunger Solutions supports regional food access coalitions through its Community Engagement Director (Sarah Harpster), helping devise and execute collaborative projects to enhance food security locally.
• Cheshire County Conservation District (CCCD)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCCCD (led by District Manager Benée Hershon) partners on the Veterans Appreciation program, providing free farm-fresh meals to local veterans during September (Hunger Awareness Month) at regional farmers markets.
• Southwest Region Planning Commission (SWRPC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSWRPC provides technical assistance to support communities in adopting Complete Streets policies, having assisted nine municipalities in the Monadnock Region.
• Monadnock Alliance for Sustainable Transportation (MAST)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMAST, with technical assistance from SWRPC, supported nine communities in adopting Complete Streets policies, creating pedestrian, transit, and bicycle-friendly streets.
• NH Department of Health and Human ServicesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNH DHHS established 13 Regional Public Health Networks statewide, with the Greater Monadnock Public Health Network being one. The state required formation of Regional Public Health Advisory Committees, which the alliance's Leadership Council now oversees.
• Cheshire Coalition for Tobacco Free Community (CCTFC)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCCTFC has been instrumental in advancing smoke-free policies regionally and statewide, including advocating for Tobacco 21 in Keene and statewide, smoke-free housing requirements with NH Housing Finance Authority, and smoke-free parks in 9 towns.
• Monadnock Family ServicesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMonadnock Family Services participates as a member organization and is led by Ken Jue, who has been a long-standing member of the Council for a Healthier Community, contributing to behavioral health and substance misuse prevention initiatives.
• Keene Family YMCAmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Keene Family YMCA, led by Peter Sebert (Community Coalition Director), partners with HMA to develop campus-wide tobacco-free policies and offer free tobacco cessation to employees. The Y's mission of strengthening community aligns directly with HMA goals.
• NH Food BankmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe NH Food Bank leads the NH Nutrition Incentive Network, which includes the Granite State Market Match program that doubles SNAP/EBT benefits for fruits and vegetables at participating farmers' markets across the state, including the Monadnock Region.
• W.S. Badger CompanyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerW.S. Badger Company was one of 15 early adopters of the Living Wage campaign in the Monadnock Region, demonstrating corporate commitment to employee wellness and economic health.
• The Doorway at Cheshire Medical CentermajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Doorway at Cheshire Medical Center, part of the Greater Monadnock Public Health Network, provides NARCAN training to community members, having trained more than 1,000 people since 2015 in recognizing and responding to opioid overdoses.
• UP for Learning (Vermont)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUP for Learning provides the Getting to Y program, which gives students the opportunity to interpret and act on their own Youth Risk Behavior Survey data, fostering youth leadership and civic engagement in the Monadnock Region.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• New Hampshire Public Health Association: A statewide nonprofit membership organization advocating for public health policy and workforce in New Hampshire. Operates in the same state with overlapping public health focus, but functions primarily as an advocacy/membership body rather than a community coalition.
• Granite State Health Care Coalition: A New Hampshire-based coalition focused on healthcare emergency preparedness and disaster response. Operates in the same state and partially overlapping priority areas (emergency preparedness), but focuses more narrowly on healthcare system readiness than whole-population community health.

Direct peers

• Illinois Public Health Institute: A statewide nonprofit that builds partnerships and coalition capacity to advance population health and health equity. Comparable as a regional backbone organization supporting multi-sector health coalitions and CHIP-driven community health improvement work.
• Common Table Health Alliance: A Memphis-based regional health coalition convening healthcare, public health, and community stakeholders to advance community health improvement. Highly comparable regional coalition model anchored by a hospital system and focused on health equity and chronic disease prevention.
• Health Resources in Action: A Boston-based nonprofit public health organization that supports community health improvement partnerships, conducts community health needs assessments, and manages population health programs. Comparable as a regional public health backbone organization that supports coalition-driven health equity work.
• Health Improvement Partnership of Santa Cruz County: A regional multi-sector community health coalition in California that convenes hospitals, public health agencies, schools, and nonprofits to address community health priorities. Highly comparable to Healthy Monadnock Alliance in its coalition-based, CHNA/CHIP-driven approach to regional health improvement.
• North Coast Health Improvement and Information Network: A regional health coalition in Northern California that coordinates community health initiatives across hospitals, clinics, and community organizations. Comparable in operating as a regional backbone organization for community health improvement work.
• Community Health Improvement Partners (CHIP): A San Diego-based nonprofit that convenes hospitals, health departments, schools, and community organizations to address community health priorities through collective impact. Operates a near-identical model of multi-sector health coalition work centered on a shared community health improvement framework.

Broad incumbents

• Trust for America's Health: A national nonprofit that advocates for disease prevention and health equity policy at the federal level. Comparable in its focus on community health improvement, prevention, and equity, but operates at a national policy advocacy scale rather than regional coalition-building.
• National Association of County and City Health Officials: A national membership organization representing local public health departments. Comparable as the broader category of public health infrastructure and convening body, but operates at the national association level rather than as a single community coalition.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles12 records

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