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The 4th Box
The Center for Story-based Strategy and the Interaction Institute for Social Change have partnered to create the 4th box toolkit. The toolkit keeps ideas flowing for how to frame equity.
The 500 Cities Project: What’s happening in your neighborhood?
As part of the 500 Cities Project, the CDC, CDC Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released a first-of-its-kind interactive web application to provide city- and neighborhood-level health estimates for the 500 largest U.S. cities. The interactive data maps allow users – from policymakers and health advocates to community organizers and...
The Bakersfield Californian: Kern County's Health Ranking Poor, but Some Making an Effort to Improve
The Built Environment and Summer Fun
The days are longer, children are out of school, vacations are around the corner, and we’ve hit the full swing of summer. As July is National Parks and Recreation Month, it is a great opportunity to focus on the impact of the built environment on...
The business case to invest in community health
While health needs vary from community to community and efforts to improve health differ, there is one constant: partners from all sectors are needed at the table to identify priorities and implement strategies that lead to meaningful change. Sustainable improvement cannot be accomplished with just one sector, one organization, or one leader. The collective power of leaders, partners,...
The Connection
This tool (from Alliance for Justice) explains the different roles and functions of charities, social welfare organizations, PACs and other types of nonprofits and clarifies federal rules around advocacy and lobbying. It can be found in Act on What's Important under...
The Growing Data Toolbox
For almost a decade, the County Health Rankings have shown not everyone has the same opportunity to be healthy — that counties right next to each other can provide drastically different opportunities for health and well-being. The county-level data that explores health factors such as access to healthy foods, rates of smoking, and children living in poverty coupled with the rich collection of...