It is time to move from planning to action—and we need you at the table. Join an upcoming Strategic Planning Session or Action Team
Over the past year, Thrive Joplin has brought residents, organizations, businesses, faith communities, schools, healthcare providers, and other partners together to identify opportunities to improve health and quality of life across the Joplin Region. Through community surveys, focus groups, research, and the Thrive Summit, input
has been translated into the Thrive Blueprint—a community roadmap organized around four interconnected pillars.
We are bringing together community members and partners to review the proposed strategies, identify what is already happening in our region, determine where collaboration can make the greatest impact, and begin forming Action Teams to move the work forward. Register or Sign up for an Action Team
Tuesday, August 18, 9:15 a.m. Strategic Planning for:
Mental Health and Substance Use
-Strengthening Everyday Mental Health Supports
-Connecting People to the Right Help Faster
-Expanding Transitional and Recovery Housing to Ensure
-Necessary Support
-Responding Better to Crisis
-Reducing Stigma and Growing Community Understanding
Safe and Affordable Housing
-Unlocking New Housing in Existing Neighborhoods
-Opening Pathways to Stable Homeownership
-Keeping Neighborhoods Safe and Strong
-Raising the Bar for Better, Safer Rentals
Tuesday, September 8, 9:15 a.m. Strategic Planning for:
Family Support and Social Connection
-Expanding Opportunities for Play and Connection
-Activating Faith Communities as Neighborhood Hubs for
-Connection and Belonging
-Strengthening Support for Older Adults, Individuals with Disabilities, and Caregivers
-Connecting Families to the Right Help
-Connecting Families to Greater Childcare Options
Work is already underway!
The Food, Nutrition, and Physical Health team completed initial strategic planning
and has begun forming Action Teams around specific priorities. Now is the time to get
involved—if one of these areas aligns with your interests, expertise, or organization’s
work, you are welcome to join an Action Team.
Food, Nutrition, and Physical Health
-Connecting Our Community to Healthy Food
-Making Healthy Food the Default
-Engaging Employers in Workforce Health and Well-Being
-Growing Healthy Habits at Home
-Expanding Healthy, Safe, and Reliable Mobility Options
There’s a Place for You in Thrive
Participation can look different for everyone. You might join an Action Team, help lead
an initiative, serve as a Community Champion, connect the team with people already
doing this work, or identify ways your organization can support or pilot a strategy.
The Thrive Project is designed to be a community project, not simply a One
Joplin project. By working from a shared roadmap, we can better align existing
efforts, build stronger partnerships, demonstrate collaboration to funders, and
accomplish more together.
Together, we can turn the community’s ideas into meaningful, sustainable action and
build a healthier, stronger Joplin Region.