2024 COHORT

Care Options Network

Senior Care

Connects members to senior care resources through their published GuideBook to encourage relationship building to help community older adults.

Giving Credit

Financial Tech

Web-based social credit network that amplifies community finance by bringing transparency to peer lending.

LunaJoy

Maternal Health

Works to elevate the overall quality of mental health care available to women through digital mental health care clinic for women through the lifespan and complexity of pregnancy.

TapRoot Ella

Senior Care

The first dementia caregiving app utilizing AI brought directly into homes to guide caregivers of those with dementia symptoms.

Transition

Workforce Development

Comprehensive workforce platform bridging the gap between healthcare training and employment to increase talent pipelines for the next generation of healthcare professionals.

Wolomi

Maternal Health

Mobile app and digital platform that provides culturally relevant community and trusted experts and guidance for pregnant women of color through their evidenced based interventions.

2023 COHORT

bEHR

Healthcare

Medical, lifestyle, and social solutions for the healthy aging of Black people.

Malama Health

Healthcare

Tech-enabled care to improve pregnancy-related outcomes.

Samaritan

Housing Stability

A support platform that empowers people without a stable home to reach life goals.

The Cook’s Nook

Food Security

Provides “food as medicine” solutions to organizations addressing the health needs of Americans who suffer from diet-related disease.

TrainingGround

Early Childhood Development

Learning labs for parents and developmental play spaces for infants and toddlers.

Welfie

Youth Health

Delivering education and care coordination to families on Medicaid.

2022 COHORT

Hamilton Health Box

Healthcare

Integrated small footprint, primary and tele-health for rural populations.

Let’s Get Set

Economic Stability

Tax prep platform for low-income families and mothers.

Lifting Up

Youth Health

Tech connecting first responders & schools when a student is impacted by trauma.

VOA Southeast Louisiana

Healthcare

Medical respite for those experiencing homelessness.

VOA Upstate New York

Food Security

Hydroponic container farming for fresh food and job training.

Become a Mentor

As a mentor, our participants will learn from your professional experience and guidance to fine-tune their business concepts that address social determinants of health. Effective mentors ask probing questions and provide feedback that helps founder teams better understand their customers, markets, and business models. Some of the best coaches are not necessarily experts in specific industries, but rather seasoned professionals with curious minds.

Being a mentor, you may provide the following support: between 1-2 hours consisting of 2-4 meetings (30 minutes per meeting). You may also choose to engage with the team after initial engagement.