Last month, Natrona Collective Health Trust announced a leadership transition, naming Beth Worthen as its new CEO following the resignation of current CEO Meredith Benton. The full press release can be found on our website. Beth assumed her new role November 1, and wanted to take this opportunity to formally […]
Beyond the Check: Addressing health and wellness through systems change advocacy
By Meredith Benton, CEO In 2023, Natrona Collective Health Trust will launch an advocacy grants program as well as an approach to advocate alongside grantee partners. To prepare for this, the Trust is sharing more about systems change advocacy and how that shapes our approach to advocacy grantmaking and engagement. [...]
A message from Meredith – NCHT announces leadership change
The Natrona Collective Health Trust Board announced a leadership transition today. Beth Worthen has been selected as CEO of the Trust following the resignation of current CEO Meredith Benton. The full press release can be found on our website. Meredith wanted to take an opportunity to address her decision in […]
Natrona Collective Health Trust Announces Leadership Change
The Natrona Collective Health Trust Board of Directors announced a leadership transition today. Beth Worthen will become the new CEO as of November 1, 2022, following the resignation of current CEO Meredith Benton. “On behalf of the Board of Directors, we want to express our gratitude for Meredith’s incredible leadership […]
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Fact, Not Fate
By Samantha Smith, Senior Director of Programs and Community Engagement At the Health Trust, we work to improve our community by tackling some of the most significant challenges that affect health and wellbeing – like preventing and addressing the harmful effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). What are ACEs? ACEs [...]
Natrona Collective Health Trust Announces Over $1.8 Million in Grants to Natrona County Nonprofits
The Natrona Collective Health Trust announced that it is awarding $1.86 million to 13 nonprofits that applied during their Fall 2022 multi-year general operating support grant cycle. Recipients of these grants are committed to providing programs and services to Natrona County residents in the areas of: Early childhood development – […]
SIM team tackles high-priority mental health and criminal justice issues in Natrona County
By Ray Pacheco, Senior Director of Programs and Community Engagement On December 9, 2021, Policy Research Associates (PRA) convened with stakeholders from around Natrona County for an in-person Sequential Intercept Model mapping workshop. This initiative was led by Banner Wyoming Medical Center with funding from Natrona Collective Health Trust in […]
Meet the Intern: NCHT welcomes Stephanie Miller
During this back-to-school season, the Natrona Collective Health Trust welcomed a student of our own, Stephanie Miller, our inaugural MSW Practicum intern. Stephanie is supervised by NCHT Senior Director of Programs and Community Engagement Ray Pacheco. “Social work is a broad field, especially on the macro level,” Ray said. “It [...]
Fall Grant Cycle Q&A
The deadline for the Fall Multi-Year General Operating Grant Cycle is September 14. Throughout this grant application period, the program team has addressed a number of important questions from area nonprofits regarding this cycle. The team has compiled some of these questions and answers here for your reference. If you [...]
An update to our nonprofit partners: NCHT looks back at 2022 so far and what lies ahead
Dear Partners, August 2 will mark my one-year anniversary as CEO of the Natrona Collective Health Trust. We’re excited to share with you some updates about our work as well as share what to expect from us later this year. Staffing – Meredith joined Kylie Gibson and Paula Mongold. Since […]
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