Tools & Resources
Healthy Food Access Portal
This tool (from Policy Link) is a resource to identify strategies and funding to increase access to healthy foods in your community, including linkages to funding strategies. It can be found in the Community Development guide under...
Healthy Home Rating System
This tool (from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) is a qualitative rating tool that measures health and safety hazards in homes and neighborhoods that pose a risk to residents. The results of the rating system can be used as a call to action to improve hazards. It can be found in the ...
Community Development Financial Institutes
This tool (from U.S. Department of the Treasury) describes CDFI's which are specialized financial institutions that work in low-income neighborhoods where traditional financial institutions are less likely to make investments. They provide a unique range of financial products and services in economically distressed target markets, such as mortgage financing for low-income and first-...
Build Healthy Places Network
Build Healthy Places Network (from the Public Health Institute) is an online network of resources, measurement tools, and success stories to support and deepen collaboration across the sectors of community development, finance, population health and public health. This resource can be found in the ...
Combining Forces to Improve Health and Well-being
This is an article (from Health Affairs) describing partnerships between the Federal Reserve System and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to link community development and health. This resource can be found in the ...
RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America Place Matters slide presentation
This tool (from RWJF) is a summary of the evidence presented to the RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America in 2013. It can be found in the Community Development guide under...
Place Matters: Bringing Community Development and Health Leaders Together
This tool (from RWJF) is an interview with David Williams articulating the importance of community development and health working together. It can be found in the Community Development guide under...
Health in All Policies: A Guide for State and Local Government
This tool (from The Public Health Institute) provides guidance to using collaborative approaches to improve population health by embedding health considerations into decision-making processes across a broad array of sectors. It can be found in the Government guide under...
Time to Act: Investing in the Health of Our Children and Communities
This report from the RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America explores how we can improve health for all Americans by investing in early childhood, integrating community development and health, and linking health and health care.
It can be found in:
- the Community Development...
Worry Free Lobbying for Non-profits Handbook
This tool (from Bolder Advocacy) provides guidance on lobbying for non-profit organizations. It can be found in Act on What's Important under Deliver your message.