Mission & Broad Goals

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The Atlanta Regional Collaborative for Health Improvement (ARCHI) emphasizes the need for a trauma-informed network of coordinated connections to services for communities with disproportionate access, namely Atlantans of color, in an honoring and healing manner. The coalition’s mission is to invert the burden from those in health distress, engaging a broad network of intersectional partners to sustainably change the system in metro Atlanta. ARCHI works to address underlying health inequities by standardizing quality trauma-informed care across their collaboratives through training with community health workers and those providing support.

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The current Invert the Burden initiatives that support systems change in the metro Atlanta area include: ​

• Streamlining access to services in all areas related to health equity including social services, behavioral health, physical health, affordable housing, criminal justice services, etc.

• Designing, implementing, and promoting trauma-informed systems 

• Reducing inefficient administrative work and data collection

• Shifting from crisis reduction to anticipating and preventing Atlantans’ needs 

• Evaluating and building on best practices for a continuum of coordinated services

• Promoting lived expertise in system design and decision-making