YMCA/Legacy Teams

Opportunity?

• What is your current understanding/sentiments toward the resources the YMCA provides? What would you want to know/learn more about? What could be better?

• What are your current resource gaps and how could you envision the YMCA bridging that gap?

• open ended opportunity

• connection and regular contact with families but don’t engage with other community resources to alleviate the burden - after school programs, swim classes, exercise classes - strong engagement

• Barriers - simplifying registration - familiar face to bridge connection - tour? better cadence of communication - being understanding of busy schedules (know your audience)

• health navigation, parenting classes etc - large range of programs - food pantry, after school programs

• Logistics - referrals?

• Partnering to provide enabling and social services gaps - have some but YMCA can offer more - connect patients (smooth, warm hand off)

• Barriers - logistics - paperwork/legalities (part of the process)

• Long standing relationship - employees/families membership

• need a site - 3 sites within family radius - rent to Tucson parks and rec

• They have children optimal for recruitment (50/60 percent are patients - overlap)

• ongoing family lifestyle - family membership and continue membership - subsidize or fully cover

• parenting classes? big after school classes

• Is an FQHC is having a cohort at a YMCA currently? Are they biting off more than they can chew or overpromising? Screening will be needed - better understanding of who needs to be at the table

• Barriers - provider visit, telehealth dietian, behavior health (only bill for on site classes) - option for telehealth?

• What about the parents? how do we get them involved

Landscape?

• How would you describe your patient population?

• What are their needs?

• What are your hopes and dreams for your participant experience and take away? What could a partnership do to potentially facilitate that hope/dream?

• adapt adjust and provide support to get patients to them and defer responsibility

• think through how to really support health centers and families (different than the rest of the people who come to the YMCA)

• Social services/community support - understanding of demanding schedules when communicating

• education/support to refer patients - need to get patients using it - depending on providers/staff to make the connection is a tall order

• Need for someone with extensive background in social work - learning how to provide health education - navigator position - bridging the gap - build common relationship with them

Value of working together?

• How would you define a worth while partnership? What are the key components and inversely the negative components?