Student Wellness Initiative

Of the 5 million college students considering dropping out, ~70% cite physical, mental, and social health issues as a major contributing factor. When trying to navigate health and social services to stay well while in college, students are met with several roadblocks, including their own unmet social needs, unfamiliarity with the U.S. health system, and fragmented student health services. All this, coupled with universities' lack of staffing and compliant software, is majorly impacting student success. [Need confirmation? Take a few minutes to search reviews on your alma mater's student health services].

Culture Care Collective is a smart, whole-health support platform that connects students with care access or unmet social needs to community health workers, social supports, and appropriate health services. We optimize student support services by providing streamlined access to AI-powered tools for staff, promoting healthy learning and connections with students. Whether it's getting connected to a new PCP or mental health care, health service staff can continue to provide care navigation to students, now through streamlined access to health information and resources. Think of us like a comprehensive 211, with health content, goal setting, smart navigation, risk assessment, and insight tracking.

Through our two primary tracks, clinic and campus, our solution serves as a connective tool to support whole health and social care for students, chronically ill adults and community members. With a $230 million combined market opportunity, CCC has made impact in the university health services and chronic care management markets, currently serving users across six states and pursuing enterprise-level contracts with healthcare organizations and universities. As we scale, these contracts will help us establish ourselves as a leader in addressing care gaps from a whole-health approach.

Cofounded by Dr. Cynthia Orofo PhD, RN, a nurse scientist, double husky, and Women Who Empower Award winner, Culture Care Collective has collaborated with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (US HHS) and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. The innovative solution has also been featured with the American Nurses Association (ANA), the United Nations (UN) AI for Good initiative, and Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) - most authoritative science and technology policy think tank in the world. For her work with Culture Care Collective, Dr. Orofo was honored as a Forbes 30 under 30 awardee in 2023.

Funds raised will be used to Community Counts initiative - creating a pool of memberships for students at colleges that do not yet have an institution-wide partnership with us and giving access to students with expressed hardships. A portion of funds raised will be donated to our partners - The National Association of Community Health Workers - to help bolster the work of community health workers who drive support of minoritized students and communities nationwide.

At Culture Care Collective, we know how much community counts. We are thankful of our community of backers who enable us to support students, families and communities!