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An obscure banking rule has quietly funneled millions of dollars into low-income communities, helping to reduce the deep health inequities between low-income and wealthier families in America. But that rule—the Community Reinvestment Act—is now under threat. In January, the three regulatory agencies overseeing the CRA proposed significant changes.
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In 2003 in Coal Run, a small hollow in southeastern Ohio, 89-year-old Helen McCuen still paid a ”water man” to fill a cistern buried in her front yard twice a month. Turning on a tap and getting fresh water wasn’t an option. McCuen lived in a largely African American part of town that lacked running water. The nearby city told residents it was too expensive to extend water lines to them. Meanwhile, a few miles away in a white neighborhood, water flowed freely. “The water stopped where the black folks started,” one local resident told the New York Times. It turned out that federal funds were used to extend water lines up to Coal Run but not to the African American community. A lawsuit would eventually force the city to lay water lines to the black residents.
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This blog originally appeared on Urban Institute’s Urban Wire blog.
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This article originally appeared on Enterprise’s blog on January 24, 2019. The Build Healthy Places Network is helping Enterprise to build healthcare partnerships with this initiative.
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Where we live – whether we have stable and safe housing, and the neighborhoods in which we live – can profoundly influence our health and important health behaviors, like physical activity. Unfortunately, approximately half of the adults in the United States do not engage in enough physical activity, putting them at a higher risk of many chronic conditions, including obesity, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes, and an increased risk of death.
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We’re excited to launch our Fast Facts series with Capital Impact Partners and West Health that will highlight how coordinated services – from healthcare to housing – can create livable, age-friendly communities that support the economic, health, and social needs of older adults.
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The newly refined and updated Culture of Health Measures are now available here. You may already be familiar with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) vision for building a Culture of Health: enabling all in our diverse society to lead healthier lives, now and for generations to come. Making this a reality requires creativity, innovation, collaboration and action across the constellation of systems that provide services and supports to improve
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At a recent community event, someone made a reflection that stuck with me. “The opposite of addiction isn’t sobriety,” said Jonathan Goyer, an expert advisor to Governor Gina Raimondo’s Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force and a person in long-time recovery. “It’s connectedness.”
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Community developers and health professionals often work in the same neighborhoods with the same residents, but they rarely work together in an integrated way to improve people’s
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Data-driven decision-making is nothing new to those in health care. Life and death decisions are made every day based on patient data. However, as
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This article appears in the Winter 2018 edition of Shelterforce magazine.
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This article originally appeared on Shelterforce on 1/25/2018.
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What would our neighborhoods look like if – by design – they supported safety and helped to prevent violence in relationships? How can
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The Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) has spent the last 15 years working with thousands of local businesses, investors, and civic leaders who are actively engaged in improving local economies and communities across the U.S. and Canada. These leaders work to support entrepreneurs, drive investment in local businesses, and build equity in their communities.
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