Our vision is to create health equity for all our community members. We want to ensure every voice is heard and every need is addressed. Using innovative, community-designed initiatives, the Health & Wellness team are able to address unmet needs of the community including access to vaccines, insurance, housing, and overall health needs.

- Health & Wellness Department

   Achievements

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• Provided hundreds of boxes of PPE and At-home Covid tests to local families.  
  
• Helped over 200 community members get vaccinated against Covid-19  
  
• Provided ongoing basic needs for hundreds of local children  ​
  

Meet Our Health & Wellness Team

Health and Wellness Manager
Shannon Ouzts
Shannon@livingwellkent.org

Community Outreach
Karla Hernandez
Karla@livingwellkent.org

Our Goal is to engage in targeted advocacy to help support decisions/policies that support our community goals

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Equity in Vaccination

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LWK Change Model ​

• To achieve our health equity vision, we use SDoH framework knowledge for guidance. 
  
• We believe the underlying causes of health inequities include disparities in education, income, housing, built environment, economic stability, and social and community context and community connectedness. 
  
• These social determinants of health, and addressing them in cultural context is necessary to achieve toward health equity. 
  

• Creating health equity is our guiding principle. By health equity, we mean everyone has the opportunity to attain their highest level of health and well-being. ​
  
• Sustained, widespread collaboration around a shared vision for healthier community. 
  
• Sustained, widespread collaboration around a shared vision for healthier community. 
  
• Address barriers preventing individuals in our communities from accessing these conditions and reaching their full potential. 
  
• Advancing Health Equity: Identify community priorities that address gaps in access to healthy and healthcare needs. 
  
• Provide data & evidence to help key decision makers understand challenges and opportunities for improvement 
  
• Engage in targeted advocacy to help support decisions/policies that support our community goals 
  
• Build capacity to implement health equity — help local organizations (from all sectors) to adopt and implement community-led solution for healthy equity, policies and practices 
  
• Demonstrate impact of healthy community (show with numbers, data visualization and stories) 
  

This program receives funding from the King County Veterans, Seniors and Human Services Levy.  ​

Kid Vantage & Living Well Kent

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Living Well Kent is grateful to partner with Kid Vantage, who has generously donated supplies that have enhanced the lives of children and families in our community​