How We Help
Your Public and Behavioral Health Partner
We build relationships for effective health policy, systems, and practices. Our team of experts, activists, and academics are here to help with advocacy, time-bound services, repeatable ongoing programs, and training across the behavioral health landscape.
Our Work
The public health space is vast and complex. We help organizations and communities find the resources and support they need, how they need it. From capacity building and technical assistance services, through proven community-based programs, research capabilities, and policy development.
Services
Nonprofit and Small Government Support.
Programs
Workforce Development, Prevention & Policy Programs.
Training
Health Career, Prevention, Leadership and more.
Advocacy
Advocacy for Equitable, Effective Public Health Policy.
Research & Publications
Access to Existing Research or Engagement in Joint Projects.
Dr. Stacey Cox, CEO introduces New Mexico’s Public Health Institute, Center for Health Innovation.
Research & Publications
Public and behavioral health areas, issues and topics encompass a huge amount of content. We provide a substantial resource library of publications, and offer tailored research services through the New Mexico Community Data Collaborative.
Policy & Advocacy
We support a grass roots health policy environment and approach in which communities can find their voice, advocating for equitable policy at the local, state and national levels. Our experience provides frameworks for research, development, and discourse.
Local Facilities to Foster Future Healthcare Professionals
Friday, January 5, 2024; Silver City, NM: Keep it local, is the motto of Mike McMillan, the operations officer and athletic trainer at Southwest Bone and Joint Institute in Silver City…
Friday, January 5, 2024; Silver City, NM: Keep it local, is the motto of Mike McMillan, the operations officer and athletic trainer at Southwest Bone and Joint Institute in Silver City. Every year McMillan and the Institute’s dedicated staff open their doors to the local students in the Dream Makers Health Careers Program and Teen […]
Friday, October 24, 2023; Washington D.C.: Members of the Center for Health Innovation’s New Mexico Community Data Collaborative (NMCDC) team attended the 2023 Disaggregation Nation! summit in Washington D.C. on Oct. 24, hosted by the Leadership Conference Education Fund, our funders in the Data Disaggregation work (more information on this to be released in Jan. […]
August 2, 2023; Silver City, NM: The Grant County Community Health Council (GCCHC) worked in partnership with Silver Consolidated School District, New Mexico Department of Health, and local bike shop “The Bike Works” to put on the Viva Bike Rodeo. The purpose of the event was to provide outreach education to emphasize the importance of […]
Friday, July 21, 2023; Silver City, NM: Last week, students from the Teen Academy for Health Sciences (TAHS) graduated from the program with medical experience, knowledge sharing from Silver City’s healthcare professionals, and wonderful memories of their visit to medical schools in Las Cruces. Silver High School sophomore, Carmen Medina joined the academy for its […]
Saturday, April 22, 2023; Silver City, NM: This year Earth Day, The Grant County Community Health Council’s (GCCHC) Unhoused Taskforce did a little spring cleaning and removed over 165 pounds of litter and debris from the Big Ditch with the aid of a group of electric volunteers dedicated to forging a better future for residents. […]
Friday, March 31, 2023; Silver City, NM: Cobre High School student Bella Norero dreams of a career in the medical field, so she joined the Dream Makers Health Careers Program – an extra-curricular program designed to introduce students to the wide-array of possible careers available to them in healthcare. Last week, Bella graduated from […]
Friday, December 17, 2022; Silver City, NM: A new director, Emily McRae is charting an exciting future for the New Mexico Community Data Collaborative (NMCDC) – a program that takes public health data and maps it online to make the complex statistics more accessible and understandable to the public. NMCDC is program of the Center […]
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022; Silver City, NM: A new program aims to grow New Mexico’s behavioral health workforce by offering paid internships to serve rural and underserved communities. The paid internship opportunity is offered by Grow our Behavioral Health Workforce (GrowBHW), a program of the Center for Health Innovation (CHI) which is one of New […]
Tuesday, November 1, 2022; Silver City, NM: After conducting a nation-wide search, the Center for Health Innovation (CHI) announced a familiar face would be returning to the nonprofit as the new director of prevention and community collaborations – Joseph Hill. “I am excited to do this work and proud to return to CHI. The staff […]
