On Monday, November 8, 2010—just eight months after the passage of the ACA—a diverse group of health and community leaders from across Washtenaw County meet to discuss how the Affordable Care Act will impact Washtenaw County residents. Marianne Udow-Phillips, executive director of CHRT, facilitated the process, with key volunteers from Washtenaw County’s health and human service organizations. The Washtenaw Health Initiative (WHI) emerged as a result of this work. CHRT continues to serve as the backbone organization to the WHI, helping volunteer leaders from more than 100 local organizations meet shared objectives as they work to improve health, health care, and health equity for Washtenaw County’s low-income, uninsured, underinsured, and underrepresented populations.