Health Equity Resource Hub
KFMC and our partners believe that everyone deserves the opportunity to lead a healthy life, regardless of their background, identity, or socioeconomic status. The goal of this resource hub is to provide healthcare professionals, organizations, and communities with the knowledge, tools, and inspiration they need to dismantle health disparities and foster equitable health care solutions.
As you navigate through our website, you’ll find a collection of high value resources that can help you make informed decisions, raise awareness, and take action. Together, we can work towards a future where everyone has equal access to quality health care, regardless of their circumstances.
Upcoming Webinar:
- Community Health Workers in Action: Cross-Sector Partnerships in Kansas on May 20, 2026
Join us on May 20 for a practical look at how Community Health Workers are strengthening cross-sector partnerships across Kansas. This session will explore the role of CHWs, the history of CHW training and support in Kansas, and a real-world workforce model developed through collaboration among public health, corrections, and community partners. Register for the webinar here to learn what worked, what barriers emerged, and how similar approaches could be replicated in other communities.
New Resources Added:
- KFMC and the Kansas Health Opportunities Coalition partnered with Healthy Blue and Upside for our first webinar of 2026. We hosted “Crossing Systems: Healthcare and Housing Working Together – Lessons from the Upside Partnership.” View the webinar details and recording here.
- We recently added a recording and resources from a webinar exploring how to expand Community Health Worker (CHW) services in rural communities. Featuring CHW programs from Oregon, Tennessee, and Virginia, the session highlighted real-world strategies for program design, training and certification, and meaningful engagement with CHWs and key stakeholders. Don’t miss these valuable insights. Check it out here!
- The fourth annual Kansas Health Impact Conference was held in Manhattan, Kansas, on October 23, 2025. Click here for access to slides and videos of the presentations.
If you can’t find what you are looking for, or have a suggestion for a great resource you’d like to share, please let us know!
Funding Health Equity Interventions
- Grant Writing and Funding Resources
- Reimbursement
Data Collection and Analysis
- Baseline Data
- Dashboard Development
- Health Information Technology
- Regulatory Requirements
Infrastructure Development
- Food Insecurity Resources
- Healthy People 2030
- Language Resources
- Program Development
- Social Risk Screening
Community Resources
- Collaborating with Community Partners
- Community Health Worker Resources
- Rural Health Equity
- Urban Health Equity
Training and Learning Modules
- KFMC/Partner Webinars
- Infographics
- Links to Webinars
- Training
Visit our Partners
Definitions
Health disparity
inequities in the quality of health, health care, and health outcomes experienced by groups based on social, racial, ethnic, economic, and environmental characteristics
Health equity
the state in which everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level of health
Health-related social needs (HRSN)
an individual’s unmet, adverse social conditions (e.g., housing instability, homelessness, nutrition insecurity) that contribute to poor health and are a result of underlying social drivers of health (SDOH)
Social drivers of health (SDOH)
also known as “social determinants of health,” the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age that are shaped by the distribution of money, power, and resources and impacted by factors such as institutional bias, discrimination, racism, and more