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Introducing Our Special COVID-19 Response and Recovery Webinar Series

County Health Rankings is introducing a new webinar series, "Health Equity and Social Solidarity in the Time of Pandemic: Strategies for COVID-19 Response and Recovery."

$3.6M Awarded to 18 Coalitions to Improve Community Health

Yesterday, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awarded $3.6 million in Roadmaps to Health Community Grants up to $200,000 each to 18 coalitions across the United States to improve health in those communities. These groups aim to create healthier places to live, learn, work, and play.
In its second year, the Roadmaps to Health Community Grants now support a total of 30 state and local coalitions made up of leaders from government, business, education, health care, public health, and community organizations.

2010-2020: What We’ve Learned Ten Years into the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps

It’s been just over a decade since the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released the first nationwide County Health Rankings. Since that release in February 2010, the program has evolved, learning from partner organizations and communities, expanding to offer more evidence-based resources like What Works for Health, and celebrating communities through the RWJF Culture of Health Prize.

2012 Call for Proposals: County Health Rankings Research Grants

The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (UWPHI) is currently accepting research proposals for its County Health Rankings Research Grants opportunity. The County Health Rankings Research grants will serve an important role in strengthening and evaluating the County Health Rankings, a collaborative program between the UWPHI and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

2012 Rankings Receive Widespread Media Coverage

The April 3rd release of the 2012 County Health Rankings & Roadmaps resulted in widespread media coverage and a fantastic response from individuals and organizations across the United States.

2013-14 RWJF Roadmaps to Health Prize Call for Applications

Throughout the country, people are coming together with a shared vision, strong leadership, and commitment to making needed and lasting changes that are enabling individuals to live long and healthy lives. This is happening in large urban settings and small rural ones; it’s happening in places with tremendous resources and in places with few resources to draw from; and it’s...

2014 America's Health Rankings

The 2014 America’s Health Rankings: A Call to Action for Individuals and their Communities report, reflects 25 years of health data and analysis for each state.  America’s Health Rankings is the longest-running state-by-state analysis of the nation’s health.

At an event celebrating the 25th anniversary of America’s Health...

2014 Rankings Release: Highlighting the County Health Rankings Local Events

This year’s Rankings release marked the fifth anniversary of the first national release of the County Health Rankings. To celebrate this milestone, we spotlighted three places —Rockingham County, NC; Grant County, KY; and Western New York-- that are using the Rankings & Roadmaps to inform and guide their work. These communities have successfully...

2014 RWJF Culture of Health Prize Winners Announced

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced this year’s RWJF Culture of Health Prize winners at the Aspen Ideas Festival Spotlight: Health. Six diverse communities were honored in recognition of their significant accomplishments in building a Culture of Health.

Representing places large and small from across the nation, prize communities signify leadership...

2017 RWJF Culture of Health Prize finalists announced

Today the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced the 11 communities selected as finalists for the fifth annual RWJF Culture of Health Prize. The Prize honors and elevates communities that understand health is a shared value and everyone has a role to play in driving change. Selected from nearly 200 applicants, the following finalist communities are one step closer to the coveted national...