Tools & Resources

What Counts

What Counts (from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the Urban Institute) outlines opportunities and challenges for the strategic use of data to reduce poverty, improve health, expand access to quality education, and build stronger communities. It can be found in the Community Development...

NeighborWorks America  

NeighborWorks America highlights training and resources available to support government leaders in tackling some of the nation's biggest housing and community development challenges. It can be found in the Government guide under...

Franklin Regional Council of Governments 

This website (from the Franklin Regional Council of Governments), is an example of a small rural county using cooperative purchasing to service their region. The Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) is a regional service organization serving the twenty-six towns of Franklin County, the most rural county in Massachusetts. The FRCOG is the former county government, which was...

National Conference of State Legislatures

This website (from the National Conference of State Legislatures) provides resources for Health Impact Assessments. NCSL is a bipartisan champion providing resources and tools to improve the quality and effectiveness of state legislatures. This resource can be found in the Government Guide under...

Advocacy Progress Planner

This is a free online tool (from the Aspen Institute) that provides a template for planning your advocacy/policy evaluation approach. 

Handbook for Participatory Community Assessments

This tool (from the Alameda County, CA Health Department) walks through the process the department undertook with two neighborhood groups to conduct participatory community assessments.

Assessing and Addressing Community Health Needs

This tool developed by the Catholic Health Association is a comprehensive guide to community health assessments that incorporates requirements from both the PPACA and the Internal Revenue Services.

This resource can be found in Assess Needs & Resources under ...

Community Commons

This website allows users to create custom maps using data from multiple data sources. The site's blog is designed for communities to learn from and share with each other.

Final Regulations for Community Health Needs Assessments

This PDF (from Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service) contains final Internal Revenue Service regulations that provide guidance regarding the requirements for charitable hospital organizations added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. The regulations will affect charitable hospital organizations. It can be found in the...

Community Meeting Sign In and Contact Database

This tool (from CHR&R) is a downloadable Excel spreadsheet with printable sign-in sheets and a starter contact database to help you collect and maintain contact information. It can be found in Act on What’s Important under...