News and Stories

CORE's 2025 annual report
CORE's 2025 Annual Report showcases how CORE and its cross-sector partners are working to advance health and health equity across the Western U.S. and beyond.
Growing community data capacity in Eastern Washington
4/7/2026
How CORE’s Data for Change program recently supported a group of community-based nonprofits in collaboration with Washington state's Better Health Together
CORE to present CRC screening and engagement research at AcademyHealth 2026
4/6/2026
Catch two poster presentations from CORE on Monday, June 1, at the 2026 Annual Research Meeting held at the Seattle Convention Center.
CORE new project spotlight: announcing six projects across Oregon and Washington State!
3/30/2026
The Providence Center for Outcomes Research & Education (CORE) is pleased to announce six new projects with our cross-sector partners in Oregon and Washington State.
Building a system to evaluate a 10-year community investment
2/6/2026
How Providence CORE is approaching the challenge of building a measurement and evaluation system for a major and wide-ranging, 10-year philanthropic investment strategy in California
Studying Oregon's doula workforce: what we learned and why it matters
1/12/2026
An analysis supported by Providence CORE looks at the state of Oregon's birth doula workforce and factors that are helping or hindering efforts to grow and support it.
CORE: Building evidence to grow a culturally responsive suicide prevention training program
1/6/2026
How CORE helped Raíces de Bienestar build a data story to support its bilingual suicide prevention training program.
5 takeaways from an older-adult-led changemaking initiative
1/5/2026
CORE's observations and interviews with Advancing Health Equity in Aging participants reveal valuable lessons for other orgs pursuing community-led approaches to addressing health equity.
CORE analysis supports major investments in Portland’s Medicaid behavioral health space
12/11/2025
Learn how an analysis by Providence CORE is helping Oregon's largest Medicaid CCO shape major investments in services for Medicaid members with significant behavioral health needs.