Tools & Resources
National Organizations with Local Connections
These groups may have deep connections in your community. Additionally, many of these networks will have resources that help you think about building your own network.
Intervention Planning Matrix: Activity to support learning
This downloadable PowerPoint slide deck lays out an activity to use with your partners to practice using the Intervention Planning Matrix.
What is Policy?
This 2-page introductory fact sheet from Change Lab Solutions can help you introduce partners to the concept of policy change.
What Do You Want? Choosing a Local Policy Goal
This tool (from M+R) provides a set of criteria to help groups select a policy or systems change goal for their community. You can use this tool to facilitate meaningful discussion and decision-making that is grounded in a specific set of criteria.
What Works for Health
This tool (from CHR&R) can to help you find evidence-informed policies, programs, systems, and environmental changes that can make a difference locally.
Choosing Your Strategy
This tool (from CHR&R) provides suggested actions based on What Works for Health evidence ratings.
Website and Newsletter Templates
This tool includes language to help you publicize the County Health Rankings on your websites and in your newsletters.
Frequently Asked Evaluation Questions
This tool (from CHR&R) many commonly asked questions about evaluation with brief responses to each.