Resources for Community Health Centers

Toolkits

• Community Health Centers Civic Health Toolkit (English)
• Diseñado para Centros de Salud Comunitarios Kit de Herramientas para promover la Salud Cívica (Español)
• My Vote. My Health.™ Digital Toolkit for Healthcare Leaders, Providers, and Community Partners (English)
• Mi Voto. Mi Salud.™ Kit Digital para líderes de salud, proveedores, y socios comunitarios. (Español)

My Vote My Health Campaign

My Vote My Health was launched by AltaMed Health Services in 2018 to mobilize community health center patients, staff, providers, and communities served by community health centers in civic engagement. This Integrated Civic Engagement Model seeks to create community health center civic engagement hubs throughout California by linking partner organizations.

Trainings

• CCALAC: Promoting Civic Engagement in Community Health Centers (September 2024)
  • Training Recording
  • NEVHC Civic Culture Integration Slide Deck
  • MFA Community Conversation Training Slide Deck
• Northeast Valley Health Corporation Civic Engagement Initiative: Voting for Health Presentation

Connection between Civic Engagement & Health

• Health and Democracy Index – When communities participate in voting, they influence policy decisions that impact their health. This analysis compares 12 public health indicators and voter turnout.
• Vot-ER – Vot-ER integrates voter registration into the health care delivery system under the principle that participation in the democratic process leads to positive health outcomes.

Additional Voter Information Resources

Drop Off Your Ballot

Search for a secure drop-off box location, HERE.

Vote In-Person

Find your polling center, HERE. 

Track Your Ballot

Sign up to track your ballot, HERE. (Track when your ballot is mailed, received, and counted)