Creating a healthier community.
Together.
A Healthier Community Starts Here
At Healthy Petaluma, we are advocates for the health and well-being of everyone in southern Sonoma County. We're dedicated to improving the health of our community through program funding, targeted initiatives, direct services, and our extensive relationships with other organizations. We work with Petaluma Valley Hospital’s operator to ensure continued local access to acute and emergency health care services.
Healthy Petaluma is here to serve all members of our diverse community. We’re always looking for innovative ways to use our influence, expertise, and resources to improve the lives of everyone in southern Sonoma County. We have a long history of ensuring local access to hospital services, supporting nonprofits, community organizations, schools, and health programs in a variety of ways, including funding, program management, facilitation, and backbone support.
Creating a healthier community.
Together.
A Healthier Community Starts Here
At Healthy Petaluma, we are advocates for the health and well-being of everyone in southern Sonoma County. We're dedicated to improving the health of our community through program funding, targeted initiatives, direct services, and our extensive relationships with other organizations. We work with Petaluma Valley Hospital’s operator to ensure continued local access to acute and emergency health care services.
Healthy Petaluma is here to serve all members of our diverse community. We’re always looking for innovative ways to use our influence, expertise, and resources to improve the lives of everyone in southern Sonoma County. We have a long history of ensuring local access to hospital services, supporting nonprofits, community organizations, schools, and health programs in a variety of ways, including funding, program management, facilitation, and backbone support.
Who We Are
Healthy Petaluma is working to make southern Sonoma County a place where everyone has access to equitable health and wellness services. As a community-owned and -operated public agency, we've been dedicated to ensuring Petaluma has access to a quality acute care hospital with emergency services and fostering a healthier community for over 75 years.
What We Do
Healthy Petaluma is here for you. We’re here to listen to the people and organizations of southern Sonoma County to identify the community's health and wellness needs, so we can foster more equitable access to health and wellness services. We’re here to bring community partners together to take action – whether it be developing policies, providing a new service, or working for changes that will improve the overall health of our community. We work with Petaluma Valley Hospital operator to seek compliance with its obligations under the hospital Asset Purchase Agreement.
Dedicated to Improving
Health & Well-being for All
Everyone deserves access to health care and resources that improve their well-being. Through our programs, services, funding, and partnerships, Healthy Petaluma is working to foster a healthier community for all. This means identifying the needs of our community, facilitating long-term solutions and partnerships, and advocating for health equity for everyone in southern Sonoma County. Healthy Petaluma is here for you.
Blue Zones PrOJECT
We have launched the local Blue Zones Project Petaluma as part of a global movement that has improved health and well-being for entire communities and cities. This new way of thinking and working will enhance the places we live, work, learn, and play.
CHIPA
Bringing together residents, businesses, and local organizations to address key community health priorities.
HealthQuest CPR
HealthQuest CPR is your one-stop shop for all your training and AED needs. As an authorized American Heart Association training center, HealthQuest CPR provides CPR, AED, and First Aid training and certification along with selling and distributing AEDs, replacement parts and maintenance plans for existing or new AEDs within your organization.
HeartSafe Community
HeartSafe Community is a program led by Healthy Petaluma to strengthen our community’s response to cardiac emergencies. HeartSafe Community helps businesses, schools, and other organizations become prepared to respond to cardiac emergencies.
Community Health Worker Program
Healthy Petaluma’s CHWs directly engage with southern Sonoma County community members to address the needs of people who are at greater risk for poor health outcomes through health education, messaging, and resource navigation.
Resources
Our work is guided by the latest professional assessments of community health needs in our area. Check out our resources to learn more about the state of community health in the Petaluma area and beyond.
Healthy Petaluma District Board Study Sessions
Healthy Petaluma will be holding a series of study sessions at our monthly board meetings between September 2023 and March 2024. Each session will be focused on one of the following priority areas: Women’s Health, Senior Needs, Mental Health, Youth Services and Housing. The hour-long session will include introductory information from panelists, remarks from board members and most importantly, an opportunity for the public to share their insight on community need.
These study sessions will provide the Board with meaningful information to consider as they determine how best to invest the proceeds from the sale of Petaluma Valley Hospital over time to improve overall community health and wellbeing.
Request for Proposals
DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTHY PETALUMA DISTRICT & FOUNDATION-OWNED PROPERTY
The Healthy Petaluma District and Foundation is seeking development proposals from qualified firms for the opportunity to develop District-owned property at the northwest corner of McDowell Boulevard and Lynch Creek Way in Petaluma, CA.
How to Get Involved
As a public agency, we encourage our community to get involved in our work and there are many opportunities to do so. Attend a Healthy Petaluma Board meeting, which dedicates time for public comments to ensure the voices of our community are heard. Join CHIPA, a cross sector collaborative focused on addressing specific community health priorities. Become engaged in our Blue Zones Transformational project. Sign up for our newsletter to stay informed on Healthy Petaluma’s current and future work.
By-Zone Elections
Our Board of Directors is currently elected under an at-large election system, where directors are elected by voters of the entire District. Healthy Petaluma is committed to following the extensive public hearing process provided for in the California Elections Code 10010. Click here to learn more and stay up to date about the upcoming public hearings.
Partners
Healthy Petaluma works with city and county services, schools, nonprofits, and community organizations to identify and address the barriers to health and well-being in southern Sonoma County. Our deep relationships with our community partners not only ensure that we're connected to the evolving needs of everyone in our community but also give us a large pool of resources to tap to create solutions.
