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Our Journey:

From Idea to Impact

Informed by evaluation results, community insights, and input from advocates across Missouri, MFH launched the Missouri Advocate Network to strengthen advocacy at the individual, organizational, and partnership levels. Over six and a half years, 11 organizations sent advocates to collaborate, learn, and build a new vision for the health advocacy field. This journey reflects a shift in leadership, with advocates’ voices at the center, creating lasting impact in the field.

Our Mission

Strengthening advocacy to eliminate inequities and transform health systems.

Our Vision

All Missourians living healthy, equitable, and thriving lives.

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Vision & Action

Our Strategic Path Forward

We’ve crafted a comprehensive strategic plan designed to transform conversations into actionable outcomes. With clearly defined pillar teams at the forefront, we've taken significant steps to build focused action plans that address our core goals. Our work centers on gaining clarity within each pillar to drive meaningful progress. Through this approach, we are committed to shifting and sharing power while building capacity across our teams, ensuring that each initiative is impactful and sustainable.

Our Mission
We empower health advocates to address inequities and transform systems.

Through collaboration and action, we build capacity and share power.

Together, we create opportunities for all Missourians to live healthier lives.

Our Vision
We envision a Missouri where every individual has the opportunity to thrive in good health, free from systemic inequities and barriers.

Our goal is to create equitable systems that empower communities and promote well-being.

Together, we work to build a future where health equity is not just an ideal but a reality for all Missourians.

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Empowering Missouri's Health Advocates

In 2018, Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) began transforming its advocacy strategy by centering health advocates’ experiences. This effort focused on three areas:

Insights
Evaluation results from interviews, trainings, and surveys revealed key lessons about Missouri's health advocacy landscape.
Advocates
Direct input from Missouri advocates highlighted their challenges and resource needs.
Stakeholders
Discussions with community members, leaders, government representatives, and MFH’s Board identified systemic needs.A clear theme emerged: the need to strengthen health advocacy in Missouri, leading to the launch of the Exemplary Advocate Cohort.

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Building Advocacy, Advancing Health Equity Together

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