State of Reform Q&A with Melissa Freigang

OGDEN CITY, UTAH - August 18th, 2021

Melissa Freigang, Executive Director of the COE, sat down with DJ Wilson, the host of the State of Reform Health Policy Conference to discuss a variety of issues local to Utah. These issues included criminal justice, economic development systems, homeless response, and the social determinants of health.

In regard to the work the COE is doing, Freigang said "Our job is to share best practices and to solve these problems for our community members. It’s to build the capacity of the system so that our service providers can plug in right away... Our entire job is to do this work differently than it’s ever been done before." You can find the full interview here.