Glories HATS Project®   HATS Headquarters®   eHATS Network™   HATS-On™ hospital delivery Read FAQ's		eHATS Network™ Expands the impact of the Glories HATS Project® by positioning HATS Headquarters® units in multiple sites over a geographical region. This creates a network of engaged participants connected to other local sites which are all connected back to the targeted hospital using information technology. The overarching goal in this project delivery design is to create a dynamic regional impact and call to action in support of children and youth.  Through the eHATS Network™, GHH works with hospitals and their communities by utilizing hospital discharge statistics by zip code in order to position project sites in neighborhoods with the greatest health disparities. As participants are asked to help send support to a sick child, they see themselves as a valuable community resource (helpful/hopeful rather than helpless/hopeless). Reinforcing positive reciprocal connections within these communities and the hospitals serving them, rooted in altruistic action, allows participants to build individual and collective capacity as they learn how to "Stay healthy to help others." There are 400 specialty Children's Hospitals across the nation serving 6.3 million children. Regional implementation strategy links 5 - 20 HATS Headquarters® program sites into each eHATS Network™ forging regional impact on community health, environmental stewardship and workforce readiness. Implementation is done in collaboration with community stakeholders (ex: hospital councils, health systems, universities, community colleges, county agencies, and economic development agencies). The model for this project calculates the number of Glories hats needed to meet hospital census and implements program sites to meet this demand. The eHATS Network™ commands regional attention as to the number of pediatric hospitalizations occurring and actual implementation leads to greater community involvement in stemming this tide. Whereas the Glories HATS Project® engages 20 - 100 participants once a time, the HATS Headquarters® unit engages 10 - 50 participants 25 times a year, and the eHATS Network™ galvanizes 50 - 1000 participants 25 times a year (4000 - 50,000 participants). The eHATS Network™ is designed to work in collaboration with Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIO) as they develop their capacity to increase regional health awareness, prevention and health literacy by disseminating targeted health literacy campaigns into strategic communities in response to public health trends and local hospital discharge statistics. The eHATS Network™ multiplies the impact of the GHH over an entire region as a gentle, persuasive, and holistic intervention connecting and strengthening seemingly disparate initiatives into a comprehensive asset-based community-building approach. This focus allows youth to feel valued in the community, giving us the incentive to recognize their individual and collective value and to do more in our community to create safer, healthier and resource rich environments for their development as they, in turn, invest their gifts in building a healthier future. GHH firmly believes that this is the level of commitment we need to successfully "get the message out" that our priority is working together in addressing the urgent challenges of health, environment, and global competitiveness. This level of commitment forges effective citizenry and community readiness. For implementing eHATS Network™ in your region or for more information please contact us.