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Communicating with Policymakers
This tool (from Academy Health) provides tips for preparing for the challenge of communication with policymakers.
Community Assessment Tools
This tool (from Rotary International) provides detailed descriptions, planning tips and, in some cases, samples for several types of assessment. It can be found in Assess Needs & Resources under Prepare to Assess...
Community Assets Brainstorm Exercise
This tool (from Healthy People 2020) is a two-page exercise that gives guidance for a brainstorming exercise to identify your community’s strengths. The Healthy People 2020 website and its contents have now been archived; this resource is included in the archived content.
Community Benefit in Context: Origins & Evolution
This tool (from The Hilltop Institute) describes the history of community benefits and the requirements for not-for-profit hospitals under the Affordable Care Act.
It can be found in Assess Needs & Resources under Specific Assessment Requirements.
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.
Community Description Worksheet
This worksheet (from Community Tool Box) can be used in conjunction with Understanding and Describing your Community to capture notes and ideas. At the top of the page is a link that allows users to download the Word version of the worksheet to fill out or print. It can be found in ...
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-...
Community Health Assessment and Improvement Planning
This website from NACCHO has a number of useful tools for collecting, analyzing, synthesizing, and presenting information.
Community Health Improvement Navigator
The CDC Community Health Improvement Navigator (CHI Navigator) is a website for people who lead or participate in CHI work within hospitals and health systems, public health agencies, and other community organizations. It offers community stakeholders expert-vetted tools and resources for: Depicting visually the who, what, where, and how of improving community health...
Community Health Living Index
This website (from The Y) includes a set of five community assessment tools that measure opportunities for physical activity and healthy eating and facilitate discussion about how to improve the community environment to increase opportunities for healthy living.