Special Olympics Launches First-of-Its-Kind Equitable Healthcare Initiative with help from Catalyst Marketing Agency
Seattle, United States – August 25, 2025 / Catalyst Marketing Agency /
Catalyst Marketing Agency is proud to announce the launch of the Alliance for Inclusive Health Provider Portal (allianceforinclusivehealth.org/find-provider), a first-of-its-kind initiative created in partnership with Special Olympics Washington and Virginia Mason Franciscan Health. The portal will enable tens of thousands of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) who have historically struggled to find qualified and equitable healthcare options to access vetted providers in their area.
The Alliance for Inclusive Health (AIH) initiative began in 2023 with a training program that aimed to certify medical professionals from across Washington state based on their understanding of people with IDD. The newly launched portal builds on that foundation, leveraging a growing database of certified providers to help patients and families quickly find and connect with a care team based on their specific needs.
As a long-time Special Olympics Washington partner, Catalyst played a critical role in the development of the project’s identity, website, and building awareness among athletes and medical professionals statewide. Its work on the portal represents a major benchmark, however. Not only does it give people with IDD a trusted resource for finding qualified providers, it offers a level of agency that’s vital to the inclusion and personal dignity that Special Olympics stands for.
“Catalyst has been an invaluable partner in the fight to help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities get access to safe and equitable health care,” said Rebecca Hummer, project leader for the initiative. “In addition to the strategic, creative, and technical expertise needed to stand up the initiative, the agency has played a critical role in getting the word out to both athletes and medical professionals around the state.”
Rion Haber, CEO of Catalyst Marketing Agency, said, “As a long-time partner of Special Olympics Washington, we’re an enormous supporter of the organization’s message of inclusion. We’re incredibly grateful for the opportunity to contribute to a project that will have a profound impact on Washingtonians with IDD and make our state a more inclusive and equitable place.”
The Alliance for Inclusive Health “Find a Provider” feature is now available on the initiative’s website (allianceforinclusivehealth.org/find-provider). It is not limited to Special Olympics athletes and there is no registration required for use. People with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their respective circles of care are encouraged to use the portal as well as provide feedback to Rebecca Hummer, the project’s lead, at rhummer@sowa.org
As an integrated marketing agency, Catalyst doesn’t focus exclusively on nonprofits or healthcare but is known for taking on mission-driven projects that could benefit from the expertise of an enterprise-level, for-profit marketing team. Team leaders identify inclusion and community building as two of its key values, and previous efforts have included award-winning work on other media, municipal, and social justice projects across the country.
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