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Attachment A Kittitas County Health Network Infrastructure The purpose of the Kittitas County Health Network (KCHN) is to improve population health through cross -sector collaboration and systems integration. The role of each Network member is to adopt and support the Network goals; and provide strategic guidance, vision, leadership, and oversight. The Network will use "cascading levels of collaboration" to create a high degree of transparency among all organizations and levels. Community members, agency partners, work groups, the backbone organization, the Leadership Council, and the Board of Directors will engage in bidirectional public will, execution, action planning, governance, vision, and strategy (i.e., information will flow both from the top down and from the bottom up.) Network members will participate at one of the following levels: Board of Directors: comprised of cross -sector agency leadership (top level) representative of the relevant ecosystem that provides high-level strategic direction for the Network and champions its work. Leadership Council: comprised of cross -sector agency representatives and community members who are highly engaged in leading community health improvement activities. Work Groups & Task Forces: sub -groups reporting to the Leadership Council that plan and implement strategies, engage community members, and track progress towards goals. Members are often relevant subject matter or community experts. Board of Directors Role: Provide high-level strategic direction, financial oversight, and policy governance. Review and approve organization's mission and purpose, policies, outcomes, programs, services, and financial controls and health. Create a well-defined structure of effective Board committees with clear purposes and tasks. Define and apply Articles of Incorporation and By -Laws. Select and evaluate the Executive Director. Approval of all contracts and policies. Consistently seek sustainability and viability of the organization. Support implementation of the Strategic Plan as outlined in the Community Health Improvement Plan. Leadership Council Role: Reports to the Board of Directors. Acts as a permanent advisory body through representation by three designated and accepted non-voting members to the Board. Implement KCHN Strategy. Represent the community in achieving the KCHN mission. Identify and recruit broad base of community members including a significant number external to medical/behavioral/social service providers. Develop support and buy in from diverse community sectors. Implement Community Engagement Plan. Implement Communications Plan. Assess sustainability and viability. Lead vision and strategy development, information sharing, community engagement and participation on work groups and task forces. Advise Board on trends and issues impacting healthcare. Implement Board directives on programs and services. Work Groups and Task Forces Role: Work groups and task forces will be created and dissolved by the Leadership Council and will report progress regularly to the Board through the Executive Director and the Leadership Council representatives to the Board. Their purpose is to plan and implement activities which carry out the mission of KCHN.