About REACH
Multnomah County works directly with leaders in the African-American/Black communities in the greater Portland-area to end health inequities. We work to increase healthy food access and health education and to end tobacco addiction. Together, we will have a stronger, happier community.
Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program collaborates with the ACHIEVE Coalition and its multi-sector partners work collaboratively to implement its three primary strategies (Nutrition, Community Clinical Linkage, Physical Activity/Build Environment) and two cross-cutting strategies (Communications, Economic Development); to identify, design and implement communications, policy, systems, and environmental (CPSE) improvements, to redress chronic disease burden and disparities, among Black/African immigrant and refugees infants, youth, adults, and elders (from the cradle to the cane).