Investment in health centers - including that from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) - is paying off.
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This Health Affairs article explores the growing partnerships between the health and community development sectors as well as the challenges they face, and policy recommendations that might help them succeed.
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Investing in What Works for America’s Communities is a book that calls on leaders across sectors to build on what we know is working to move the needle on poverty.
Read MoreAuthors used community level data in Chicago to explore local socioeconomic conditions and corresponding health outcomes.
Read MoreSuccess Measures was created by practitioners and funders who wanted to document their impact for the people and communities they serve.
Read MoreA tool, developed by LIIF, that puts a dollar value on the benefits of things like an affordable home, a great school or access to transit.
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The How Housing Matters initiative explores the notion that stable, quality housing may be an essential “platform” that promotes positive outcomes in education, employment, and physical and mental health, among other areas.
Read MoreWhen a CDFI created a fund to attract socially inclined companies to invest in housing, local health organization UnitedHealth Group responded with a $50 million investment.
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Shelterforce authors discuss the roles of place, mobility, and displacement on health and neighborhoods.
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Risa Lavizzo-Mourey of RWJF discusses the social determinants of health and the need to work together in health and community development to accelerate change.
Read MoreA collaborative initiative by three federal agencies aims to increase the supply of nutritious foods in urban and rural areas where access to healthy food is low.
Read MoreHow can measurement support an adaptive change process in a community system striving to optimize population well-being?
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Community Health YouTube channel features a series of videos addressing community health and chronic disease prevention.
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Through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Healthy Communities Program, communities are working to reduce chronic diseases by changing the places and organizations that touch people's lives every day.
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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Community Health has developed a free online tool to help organizations develop success stories, including writing guidance and a library of templates and photos.
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