Megan Wise (She/Her)
Megan Wise is a Regional Health Connector (RHC) serving Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray, and San Miguel counties that make up Region 10 of Colorado’s Health Statistics Regions. She is hosted by the Tri-County Health Network.
Megan’s work focuses on addressing mental health challenges related to grief and loss in these rural communities. She works to expand access to vital resources, such as free or low-cost community activities, family counseling, substance use support, firearm safety programs, and mental health helplines at tchnetwork.org. By doing so, this RHC aims to better connect a network of providers and resources for grief support, and ultimately dimmish stigma around needing support when someone dies.
Megan has experience as a teacher for over 12 years.
To connect with Megan, reach out at m.wise@tchnetwork.org.
Areas of Focus
Communities across Colorado have unique public health needs.
RHCs live, work, and play in the communities they serve. Their lived experience and expertise, combined with local data and community partnerships, equip them to address the diverse social needs of their communities.
In Region 10, Megan focuses on the following key programmatic areas:
Grief support
Rural access to mental health
Education
Social isolation
Mental and Behavioral Health
Systems Partners
Regional Health Connectors are relationship builders.
Focusing at the systems level, RHCs build and bridge connections with primary care providers, public health organizations, social and behavioral health services, and other community resources to ensure that these partners have knowledge of and access to resources available within their region to meet the needs of their community.
In Region 10, Megan has fostered key relationships across:
Stories of Impact
Read how Megan builds support for grieving community members in her region through changing the way her community thinks about death and handles grief, being more open to talk about grief publicly and decrease stigma around receiving support, and creating new systems and policies to provide support for bereaved families.
About the Tri-County Health Network
The Tri-County Health Network is a trusted leader in developing cross-sector partnerships to improve community health within Gunnison, Hinsdale, Delta, Montrose, Ouray, and San Miguel Counties. Visit their website to learn more.